On Sunday, 5/6, I planted about 30 tomato plants along with three rows of green bean seeds. Prior to planting, our first task was to eliminate as many of the maple seeds out of the garden as possible. In my part of the country, we have a lot of maple trees which drop their seed pods this time of year. The seeds are embedded in a propeller-like casing which twirls to the ground. My grandfather's garden happens to be right next to 3 maple trees, hence we get a lot of maple seeds.
After clearing the maple seeds, we rototilled one last time then I built furrows for the rows of green beans. The furrowing job wasn't too hard especially with the soil being loose but it was still fairly labor intensive. After that was complete, I planted the bean seeds using a seed planter which automatically digs a planting trench, drops the seed, then covers the trench back over with soil. It wasn't a completely perfect process so I had to go back behind myself to make sure all the seeds were covered with soil. Hopefully in about a week's time the seeds will have begun sprouting.
Next, I transplanted some Roma, Grape, Super Beefsteak, and Endless Summer tomato seedlings. I started all these from seed indoors. The Roma and Grapes were started mid-March and by the time I planted them they had gotten fairly leggy. I planted them deeply and covered a good portion of the stem. I staked the ones that were really bad. Lets hope for the best.
I plan to have some new pictures for my next post. Happy gardening!
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