New Garden, pt 2

I bought eight 1cu.ft bags of store brand cow manure compost from Lowes and dumped them all in the garden this morning. I would like it noted that I don't currently have a wheelbarrow and had to walk each bag all the way around the shop. They were heavy. I'm tired.

After that, I got all my black pots in the 3gal size and began using them to sort dirt, weeds, and plants before putting them in the garden. There is about 6"-8" of compost and dirt from the previous garden. I'm happy to report there was lots of earthworm activity. All tiny, but present.

It was nice for the first hour and a half because the garden was still shaded. Unfortunately, the sun moved along and now my tomato plants are going to have to survive the transplant in full sun.

These are my two yellow pear cherry tomatoes. They are just beginning to set fruit. Hopefully won't experience to much setback from the move.

This is what I still have to work with after moving more than half the plants into the new garden. There are about half a doz mixed tomato plants, 4 sweet allysum, chamomile, four kale kale plants and I'm not sure what else.

 

New Garden pt 1

So yesterday I buckled down and spent like four hours outside in the heat putting this bad boy together.

The grading of this back area is terrible and will need a lot of fill to get it even with the rest of the yard. That was going to be my work for this morning, but the game was called on account of rain. Yesterday was actually the first day in about two weeks that it didn't rain.

I'm hoping it dries up enough that I can at least spread the rest of the hay into the garden. I've decided to use the rest of it here since I have so much fill work that needs doing.

You can see here that I'm really going to need the extra fast drainage the hay will provide because of this inconvenient downspout. I'm also considering a rain chain here instead of a long gutter. I need the hubby's approval first, though.

------Update:

I added nearly all the hay and the couple cubic feet of compost from my outside bin.

 

 

AAVCT Test Day 3

I haven't noticed a drastic change in the plants yet. The peppers on the plants seem to be growing more quickly than usual, but scientifically speaking, that's not quantifiable data right now since I don't have a direct comparison to "usual."

Day 3

The bamboo shoot (right) is now almost the same size as the original (left). I am wondering why the original has stopped growing. It shot up about twice its size when it got to me, and now it has slowed to a crawl. I see some new leaves slowly opening at the top, but that's it. I have been fertilizing it with the AAVCT in hopes that it starts growing again.