Today Harold and I are planting up as much of the gardens as we can. I know........there is the absolute MINNESOTA PLANTING RULE that states under no circumstances should a person plant before traditional Memorial Day. But this year every gardener I know (including myself!) is going to break this rule! The 10 day forecast doesn't call for any frost warnings, and so, why wait? Ten days from now would be - almost - traditional Memorial Day anyway. Everyone is so tired of our long winter and almost no spring, so we're " yust goin' crazy" out there now! (To quote those old Norwegians). Rain is predicted for this evening and off and on this weekend, so that will be perfect for the plants. Besides, I have already trimmed my nearly 3 feet tall tomatoes several times already and they need to go outside! I'm ready to reclaim my living room and get the huge sawhorses and planks out of there and the grow lights and rearrange things the way they're supposed to be.
Yesterday we planted potatoes (red Nordland) and some corn, a variety of heirloom open-pollinated bi-color corn called Double Standard. Open pollinated means you can save the seed from year to year and plant. You can't do that with hybrid seeds.
The 2013 garden season has begun!! Look for garden photo updates soon!
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Time to get stuff in the dirt!
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