Garden Notes - May 30, 2011

I turned the soil in the bed closest to the swing set and found not only more tree roots than I had anticipated, but tons of worms. So I grabbed a plastic tub and carefully plucked worms as I turned the soil. I was able to "plant" worms in the other beds that I had already worked in the previous couple of weeks.

Since my last post, I've planted jalapeno and red, sweet peppers (from sets) and onion sets closely together to produce green onions. I swore off tomatoes this year, but my neighbor had a couple of plants she offered, so I planted one in the ground, and one in a Topsy Turvy planter. What the hell, I thought I would give that a try.

Three of the cabbage seedlings are not coping well with the sun, so I babied them with a thin veil of grass mulch to provide partial sun. The other four cabbage seedlings are doing better. New things peeking through the soil include: butter crunch lettuce, red onions, carrots, brussels sprouts and butternut squash.

A surprise find: one more surviving cabbage plant in the bed closest to the swing set. Will this go to seed or form a head? Stay tuned.