Sweet Peppers

Yes, I know it seems early, but I set out the peppers we started in peat pots in the house.  I can cover it if needed. I like sweet bell peppers for green pepper jelly I make in the fall.  (When they are really ripe and turn red, I make red pepper jelly.)

Rhubarb is Ready

My rhubarb is up and ready to sell at the stand at 1041 Ivanhoe Rd, Max Meadows, Virginia, or send to your location.  Call me (Joanne) at 276-595-1172 to see what’s available for you. We’ve been eating it for the past week!  Rhubarb is technically a vegetable, but historically has been eaten as a fruit. …

frost!

Oh, no.  The worst has happened.  Frost tonight!  But I am ready.  Bought a roll of chicken wire.  Unrolled it and folded it in half lengthwise. Wrapped it in floating row cover and tented it over the tomatoes.  Used landscape spikes to hold it down in case of wind.

Carrots

Planted carrots today. Carrots need to be kept moist.   Covering them with hay or board will keep moisture in,  Plant spacing just as I do with beets.: plant seeds 3 inches apart, in rows 3 inches apart diagonally. That comes to 3 rows in a one-row garden space.  Lots less space for weeds!  Be sure…

beets

Planted beets today.  Beets like it cool and moist.  Packet says seeds 3 inches apart with rows 6 inches apart.  Save space by planting seeds 3 inches apart, in rows 6 inches apart but with an additional row in between with seeds 3 inches apart diagonally. That comes to 3 rows in a one-row garden…

Tomatoes

The Goliath tomatoes I started in peat pots 6 weeks ago are ready to transplant out.  I know, it is really early, but April 15 is our last average frost date here in Virginia.  I put them against the side fence in front of the peas.  The peas will be long gone by the time…