The area where the corn will be planted is once again clear of weeds, and so a few days ago, some organic white Sugar Pearl corn kernels were placed between wet paper towels in a pie tin. They sprouted after a couple of days, and today I planted a row. I’ve got room for five rows of corn this year, so the plan is to plant one row at a time, a week apart, to make an extended harvest possible. It’s the same method I’m using with the carrots.
Carrot seeds were planted in the second carrot patch. For these, I roughed up the surface of the dirt, then spread seeds down. I covered them with about ¼ inch of dirt from the next plot over by picking up a handful and rubbing the dirt between my hands over the seeds, so that a thin layer of fine soil fell on top of the seeds. I watered in the seeds, and then thinned out the first patch of carrot sprouts to about one inch apart.
Some more watermelon and cantaloupe seeds were planted in their respective areas. The previously planted seeds did not germinate, probably because I planted them too early, and the soil was not consistently warm enough. Watermelon and cantaloupe seeds get directly sowed into the ground, ½ to 1 inch deep. I did not bother watering because it has been raining on and off all day today, and they will get rained on later.
More birdhouse gourd seeds were soaked overnight and planted one inch deep under the yellow ladder trellis today. The first planting five weeks ago did not sprout.
We have two light-green leaved Heucherellas or Heucheras (I’m not sure which one they are) that in previous years were, in my experience, average sized, about 18 inches tall. This year, these plants grew to be about three feet tall, and since they are planted right next to the walkway, they keep getting in the way when people walk by. So I had to trim them. Unfortunately, I cut them down to six inches before getting a picture of them… I’ve never seen them so tall.
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