Another update as of this afternoon...they're here...The black ones are Dominiques, the light ones are Buckeyes.
The red tint is from the heat lamp
A quick update:
The garlic is growing well. The earliest plants to emerge have some tip burn, possibly from water stress or perhaps a little sunburn from when the straw was removed from the first shoots.
Welcome to the team!
Minnie is helping out this season. She is hoping to take on the farm as Whitsend transitions out.
Surface cultivating is a technique that suppresses weeds quite effectively. More efficient than weeding full grown plants.
Pictured faintly are the spinach plants germinating. It appears that the germination rate has been fairly successful.
We transplanted about one third of the tomatoes today. For this bed, we have undersown the first succession of celtuce.
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The seedlings are still quite young, so a little added protection is provided by the row covers for the first week or so. It helps break the wind, reduces the fll strength of the sunlight, and hods in the heat for the cool nights.
The peas initially germinated quite unevenly, possibly due to the cool weather.
The rows have filled out over the past week, though there are a couple of small gaps.
Halfway through some light tilling, the tire goes flat. A quick examination reveals a little more happening than a leak. Cover the engine with a tarp and head for you tube.