FN Compost

Three new tomato plants
Basil
Marigolds

all added to the garden.

The seedlings are generally not doing well, nor are the transplanted things (several marigolds and both sets of cucumbers died, the lettuces are not sprouting, the green peppers are stagnant). A few clues as to why:  The part of the beds that we didn't work compost into (because there were established plants there) are doing much better than are the parts w/ the compost. We uprooted a dying basil plant to find that most of its roots had been eroded, eaten away. By what? I'm guessing the compost was still too hot (even though it was a commercial prep that advertised itself as being super-duper mild).

Sucks--and kind of pisses me off actually.

The newer things are planted in a buffer zone of potting soil just in case.

Frozen Thursday

We had to cover the tomatoes and peppers last night because the forecast was for freezing temperatures. Yes, it's May.

Lots of wind recently which is annoying, but the corn, sunflowers, radishes, and some of the lettuce mixes are sprouting. Well, everything is sprouting to some extent except for the beans. So we'll see.

In the past week, we've added bok choi to the garden and lots and lots of marigolds. (At least we know the marigolds will do well.)