Monday, May 14, 2007
I will be a woman of fewer words this week.
Planting has begun in the Garden o' Doom!
Today I knocked out four rows of Turkey Craw beans, two rows of Kentucky Wonders, three rows of half runners, two rows of McCaslins and four rows of royal burgundy bush beans. The pole beans will be growing on my Russian Mammoth sunflowers. Should be quite a sight if all goes as planned. I still have about 20 feet left on this 50 foot X 20 foot plot to plant in purple hulled cow peas, but I'm out of seed for those.
I'm planting so many beans because I'm almost out of my canned green beans from my last bumper crop of the things. This particular plot of the garden also needs some nitrogen fixing.
My buddy, Elvis Drinkmo, over on Appalachian Greens has thrown down the gauntlet of the humongous tomato. I take my giant vegetables very seriously indeed. I'll be pulling out the big guns of goat poop tea and extreme suckering for this one.
This is WAR, I tell you!
When are the entries to be expected for judging, Dave?
This time of year's when I most miss the South: sob.
Then again, the end of August is often cool and pleasant here; expect me then to regale y'all with heirloom tomato stories, clambakes, & recipes galore. "Jes you wahait, 'enry 'iggins, jes you wahait.