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No pics today. Y'all deserve a break.

Radishes stay happy. Tomato blossoms look good. Peppers are starting to make teeny Peppers!

I can see carrots and chard, finally.

Beans are doing their thing, but fewer than I had expected. Oh well.

I think the potatoes have given up. No action there.

Leeks, though, and a Brussels sprout plant.

Lettuces and oregano and chives, all showing promise. Nothing from the dill or basil yet.

Meanwhile, in the indoor greenhouse, parsley and sage continue to refuse. Nothing visible at all. ::shrugs::

The row cover fabric is on track for delivery tomorrow. That will be lovely.

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Tired of me yet? Radishes and pole beans.

(I might have reversed the captions for the pole bean pics. We'll pretend I didn't.)

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Radishes, tomato blossoms, and a Brussels sprout seedling

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Finally got a shipping notice that isn't just "we made a label" for my floating row cover fabric.

It should be here Thursday.

So I have until then to decide if I want to build a dome or a covered wagon support for each veggie bed, or nothing . . .

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HOLY CROW

The radishes are visibly bigger in just 8 hours or so! I went out to water again, as I do each evening, and WHOA. Leaves are bigger!

I don't see more plants than I did this morning, but the ones I can see are going gangbusters.

I planted "Easter Egg" variety, for those who are interested in such things. EDIT: That's a marketing thing. They're not a single variety, but a blend of several, so I won't know what I have until they're ready to harvest!

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Just now took off the frost blankets to water the beds and

RADISHES

WE HAVE RADISH SIGHTINGS

Looks like maybe a third of them have popped out. I didn't expect that.

Might be a couple of leeks, too.

Weeds shouldn't be much trouble to ID because they'll be "outside the grid." A square with four plants that has more, that look wrong? Them there are the weeds. Them's the ones what get pulled up. ::settles straw hat on head::

Had a Hee-Haw moment there. Sorry.

Frost warning tonight.

Seriously??

I just put frost blankets over my raised beds. Cross fingers my tomatoes and peppers come through. Nothing else has germinated yet.

Frost tonight followed by a week of summer temps (80s daytime, 50s nighttime). What a crap shoot.

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I went back out a bit ago and put the second garden hose in place, so I can use the sprayer head on the far bed. Took some doing, as it had lain on the gravel that filled the old cistern for a year or so. Lots of kinks to straighten. But it's done, so yay!

I found a good-sized piece of chicken wire to place over the salad bed. It doesn't cover 100%, but it will help, I think. Maybe not. I'll try it, though.

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Got out there early to water. Good moisture under my cheater domes for the chard and carrots. Peppers and tomatoes look happy. Planted dill and oregano (like i could see those seeds, jeez they're like grains of dark sand). All that's left now are the parsley and sage.

Then I dumped the two partial bags of potting mix/garden soil leftover from . . . (Mumbles) and mixed that well. Scattered wildflower seed over it, watered it. Filled four concrete block openings with the same (because that's how much I had) and planted Key Lime marigolds.

I think Mom would be pleased.

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Honestly, my biggest fear right now is underwatering my beds. I've never dealt with anything this big, let alone three of them.

I'll be okay once I see green things coming up. Carrots. Chard. Leeks. Pole beans. Radishes (they're supposed to be mature in less than three weeks! WHAT). Lettuces. Chives.

There's more but you get the gist.

The tomatoes and peppers seem happy enough. For now.

I still have to do the flowerbed . . .

Tomorrow. Right now it's time to make dinner.

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Happy Beltane! Spring on the Homestead
Happy May Day! It's the first of spring and spring has really sprung here on the homestead. Previously I posted about my kitty litter container garden, and I wanted to provide an update. Using square foot gardening plans, I planted most of the containers with heirloom varieties of bush beans. These
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Planted my cool-weather crops: chard (Ruby Red and Giant Fordhook), beets (Touchstone Gold and Early Wonder), and carrots (Danvers 126). I tried to lay them all out like the square foot gardening book says, but the carrot seeds blew in the wind so they'll just come up wherever this year.

Also have some volunteer dill (a bit early; we'll see if it survives) and some carrots that sprouted mid-winter!

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Today was #garlic day.

What is wrong with this tomato plant?

Edit: Thanks for all the great replies! Seems to be nutrient deficiency, so am rectifying that but also treating for fungus etc when it stops raining.

Gardeners, has this tomato plant got mosaic virus? Should I cut my losses, throw out all affected plants and buy some more?

This is an ok yield for a square foot of radishes, "White box" and "Cincinnati Market" varieties.