Aaron Eaton

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Garden Update: Oct. 10, 2020

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Woke up this morning to a thick fog

The leaves on the shelling peas are unfurling. Their distinctive growth pattern can now be seen.

While I put down cardboard and 6-8” of mulch (sheet mulching), bermudagrass and some annual rhizome weeds don’t really care. I have followed the roots of an annual grass weed for almost 4’ through the mulch. I’m convinced that the people who came up with the idea of sheet mulching aren’t from Texas and don’t have the same weeds to deal with. Saturday’s are weeding days out in the garden. As long as I do this once a week, the weeds never get too bad.

Garden Update: Oct. 9, 2020

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Hurricane Delta made landfall to the east. We’re far enough away to only get a small amount of rain and overcast skies.

The seed rack is getting greener every day. The only things that haven’t germinated so far are lavender and parsley. I’m not sure why so I’ll have to do a little research.

We finally have some action on the snow peas planted over the weekend. Now that a couple have popped up, many more will follow in the next couple of days.

Garden Update: Oct. 8, 2020

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The beets and turnips are coming along nicely. There are a couple of spots that have not yet germinated, but that’s to be expected. They will pop up soon enough and fill in the row.

In the seed rack, the garlic chives and basil have really popped up.

Garden Update: Oct. 7, 2020

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There’s a lot more happening in the raised beds. Almost too much to fit into a quick update. The radishes are picking up steam. Some of them are pushing out their first true leaves.

In another bed, the carrots and bunching onions are finally making an appearance. I was especially worried about the carrots. They are notoriously difficult to germinate. It has taken two light waterings a day to keep the surrounding soil moist enough to make this happen.

Carrots
Bunching onion

Garden Update: Oct. 6, 2020

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These shelling peas are extremely vigorous! We’re seeing a lot of growth from yesterday. At this rate, they’ll be in the raised beds in a week.

The potatoes are looking very happy. Honestly, this is the best looking potato plant I’ve had yet. And from a store-bought potato no less!

Garden Update: Oct. 5, 2020

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The shelling peas are really taking off. These are fun to watch. Sometimes the shoots will lift the seed (the pea) out of the soil. It can look a little bizarre.

Becca started several nasturtiums last weekend. These are versatile plants. The flowers and leaves are edible, and it acts as a “trap” plant for harmful insects. These are just starting to grow their distinctive round leaves.

Finally, something I haven’t featured in these updates. You’ve likely seen them in other pictures, but here are some Blue Lake 47 green beans. The pandemic has hit the seed companies pretty hard and I haven’t been able to find more seed for our favorite bush bean. Here I took the last remaining seeds and am growing a couple of plants for seed to use in the spring. Fingers crossed that I can get a decent batch before our first frost. The first bean has just started growing.