Our First Transplant
It’s exciting times on the farm. We had our first indoor transplant of seedlings planted on March 8 and transplanted on April 2! We moved hundreds of celery, celeriac and parsley from tightly packed trays to more spacious accommodations. We are now fully maxed out in our indoor, fluorescent light in the guest bedroom setting. We have also planted the first of the lettuce and kale in the greenhouse. And the onions and leeks got a hair cut.
Everything is coming up, even my saved seeds which is exciting.
As you will see, we have planted a lot of things already! Here are all of the new ones since my last post. It’s all very exciting and kinda overwhelming.
New Plantings:
Herbs and Flowers
Stevia – Botanical Interests
Foxglove – Pinetree Seeds
HollyHock – Botanical Interests
Green Twister Echinacea _ Pinetree
Belles of Ireland
Broccoli
Thompson – Fedco
Cabbage
Super Red – Fedco
Golden Acre – Fedco
Early Jersey – Seeds Savers Exchaange
Tomatillo
Toma Verde – Botanical Interests
Green and Purple Tomatillo
Peppers
Orange Peppers
Yolo Wonder
Red Peppers
Eggplants
Long green from Thailand
Green Egg
Chinese White Sandy
Round from Valence
Hot Peppers
Early Jalapeño – Botanical Interests
Piment sweet and long from les Landes
Bouquet
Tomatoes
Fruition – Honey drop
Delicious tomatoes don’t know name but I saved the seeds
Sungold seeds I saved
Pineapple
Travellers
Orange, red and yellow cherry
Yellow Brandy Wine – High Mowing Seeds
Indigo Apple – High Mowing Seeds
Gold Medal – Fruition
Green Zebra
Kale
Delaway – Seeds Savers Exchange
Russian Frills – Fedco
Lacinto Seed Savers Exchange
Dwarf green Curled Kale High Mowing Seeds
Red Russian Seed Savers Exchange
Vates High Mowing Seeds
Spinach
Bloomsdale – Botanical Interests
Lettuce
Parris Island Cos – Botanical Interests
Ice Queen Baker Creek
Green Towers Romaine High Mowing Seeds
Little Gem – Baker Creek
Still Harvesting in Maine
Fall is here and it is chilly. I still have flowers, kale, arrugula, some basil and my first eggplant!
Sunlflowers in Maine in My Garden
I just love them. And, so far, I can’t bring myself to cut them. The bees are too happy.
Organic Food. From Our Garden. Maine.
Our garden grows. Our garden delivers! Despite it all, no mulching, no organic compost, fear of blight (aie), bugs (many), not knowing what we are doing and more, we have organic food! Our own. Our first.
We have potatoes (yukon gold, russian banana), tomatoes ripening and already ripe (cherry, beefsteak), onions (yellow, red), watercress, basil, beans that just keep on coming (green, wax, haricots verts and some pole on the way), sunflowers (7 feet tall and almost flowering), wild blackberries, and we have hope. We have hope that we can feed ourselves.
A couple of weeks ago I planted more beans, radishes, turnips, kale and arugula and added compost this time. They popped up after a week and are growing along. I hope they will make it before the frost! This is my garden. My first.
