Last week, I shared my before & after soil prep of our veggie garden at home. I tried to plant before last Friday’s rain but did not make it. Good thing, as I realized I had a few areas holding too much water. So after some shoveling to correct the problem, we planted our hearts out Saturday evening and Sunday afternoon. We planted by transplants, tuscano kale, seabor kale, redbor kale, broccoli, cauliflower, green cabbage, red cabbage, bright lights chard, rubarb chard, tango celery, thyme, dill, and an artichoke for fun. Then we sowed Botanical Interest seeds of cherry belle radish, purple top white globe turnip, cilantro, kuroda carrots, carnival blend carrots, gourmet blend beets, and red sails lettuce. Before seeding in our root beds, I mixed Bio-tone and Rocket Fuel in the soil. Both of these are very beneficial in root development. As we planted transplants, we added just Bio-tone into the hole, mixed it with the soil, and then planted. This is because we foliar feed with Hasta Gro which helps with both root and plant development. Our last step was a few bales of pine straw to help with water, weeds and looks. Now we say a blessing and a prayer that our garden will be bountiful with plenty to share!
-Debbie
Deborah Lunceford says
Where did you get the pine straw bales for mulch?
Jack says
Tractor Trailer supply on Saratoga has a decent price if u don’t know any ranchers…
james gill says
Jack, we are not talking about hay, it has too many weed seeds to be a desirable mulch. Pine straw is harvested off pine tree plantations in East Texas. The shade under the pine trees keeps weeds and weed seeds to a bare minimum.
james gill says
Gill Nursery of course!
Marie Hollingshead says
Love that you have two such cute little helpers?