Plantings this week.

I was going to do a whole post on the front yard, but I haven’t had time and now I want to move onto another post about our community boulevard project so I’m just recording here the various plantings from this week since we’re moving right along in the growing season!

Pictured left is the Hazlenut Tree that we purchased out of someone’s yard in Cloverdale for $15. We’re not sure if the squirrels will get the nuts from it before we do…. but we’re attempting to grow this in our acidic, shady front yard.

Otherwise this week saw the planting of tomato starts (the ones that survived the sun damage plus a couple more I bought), beans – soy, black and tricolor, romaine lettuce and more spinach, joi choi, carrots and beets.

I’ve got cukes and melons still inside getting started, and my pepper plants are close to flower in the studio – so they can go out as soon as I’m assured it’s warm enough for hardening off. I might start with just one of them this time to avoid the disaster I had with the tomatoes.

I also threw down a bunch of flower seeds last night – some coneflower, love lies bleeding and nigella – all of which I’m excited to see grow. I’ve never done much in the way of flowers, so this year I’ve got all sorts of them scattered about – bulbs, perennils and seeds. We’ll see how it goes.

Also noticed last night that my broad beans are in flower!