Plants Starts on a Sunny Day!

Hello again! I'm glad you stopped by.

Last weekend and into early this week we were spreading the freshen up mulch over the paths and the garden area.With just a few cloudy days this week and some nice sunshine today, we were able to get some of the peat pots into the garden. It seems pretty much like forever when the seeds were first put into the pots! We also got out to our favorite greenhouse operation (located in Rothsville, PA) to get our hanging baskets for the courtyard area.

And we got two for the deck area out near the vegetable garden as seen in the picture below.

And of course the zucchini's and cucumbers are getting acclimated to the garden. The zuke is in the forefront. The white collar below the leaves is a plastic plant container with the bottom cut out. I use them to ward of snails and slugs, as well as to keep squirrels from uprooting them. The collar in the back ground protects the cucumber which is still to small to be seen at this angle. I'll use similar containers to protect tomato plants from cutworms. There are two more zucchinis and another cucumber further along in the bed.  Tomatoes will go in as soon as I can get them out there...probably tomorrow.

And below are a few of the lettuce plants we started with the seeds we got from Longwood Gardens. This is the second planting of lettuce and spinach. Lois is making quick work of the first planting with a nice garden fresh salad every night now.

Hopefully, we'll soon get a few dry days to start the Lancaster County Park plot we rented back in March. The plants below are anxiously awaiting that day.

I hope to see you again soon. Happy Cinco de Mayo & happy gardening!