Sweet corn in upper left corner, tomatoes on fences in the middle, limas, pintos and bush beans in the bottom left corner, cabbage and carrots in the bottom right corner. Flowers and coleus in pink on the right bottom and yellow square. Indian corn, pumpkins and cowpeas in the upper right corner. Gourds in brown. Sunflowers along the top and back. 'Gray' color for pole beans. Eggplants, okra and pepper, zucchini and radishes and cucumbers.
The entire garden is 47 feet wide at the top, and 33 feet at the bottom. 31 feet from front to back. I thought I was a little obsessive in planning, but Mark said we should go all the way with measurements and be 'realistic' if we were going to plan... hmm..... The corn is spaced 24 inches apart and thinned to one plant every foot...That is realistic according to University standards, but I doubt our garden will be that measured!
The broccoli I planted the other day is already sprouting in the little yogurt cup it was planted in. I think that is a little under three days... wow. I need to put the new tomato seeds and coleus in starter flats - but need to rearrange so I have somewhere to put them.
In other news: Esme wrote a love letter today for one of her classmates. I'm not sure she realizes exactly what that means.. but she put it in a bag and wants to bring it to him at school. It has daisies and a puppy on it and says 'LOVE Esme (Name)'
A day after the equinox, the first day of spring. It is 24 degrees out and they think it will snow. We will likely not plant outside for at least another week...
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