Additional planting

Just put some more summer squash in between the corn mounds, as it looks like the last round failed to germinate.
Planted some oregano and basil in the bare spots of the keyhole garden to keep the spinach, kale and peas company.

Planted a row of bush beans around the inside of the keyhole garden w/ the okra. On that note, the okra does not seem to be putting up sprouts, so I will probably need to plant the Clemson Spineless that I bought a few days ago to make sure we have okra by summertime. All for now.

The first greens of spring.

We are just a few days away. With that in mind, I went out weeding in three sisters garden and took some pictures of the kale, spinach and peas growing in one of the keyhole gardens.

Newly planted Apache and Arapaho variety blackberry bushes to replace the bush the dogs chewed to the ground.

First corn sprouts of spring.

Spinach on the inside of the arc, pea plants in the middle and kale on the outside.

View of the whole garden.

Not much of the corn has made it about ground yet, and it went into the ground two weeks ago. None of the squash plants have emerged either, nor has the okra. I planted them early this year because we had such a mild winter. Also, Senator Inhofe brought a snowball onto the floor of the US Senate as proof that global warming isn't happening. I thought that would be a good barometer for how soon spring would arrive, and the temps and rain have not disappointed.

Springtime Begins the Planting Season.

Spring planting begins!

I have not posted in a while. Any gardener knows the winter upkeep is less than flashy. Turn compost here, keep strawberries covered there, and so on. But now that temps are above freezing in Oklahoma, the time to plant begins.

Important ingredient: cow poo. Not dog poo.

Two rows about 15 feet in length. Future site of corn, beans and squash.

Keyhole garden w/ spinach, kale and snap peas.

Keyhole garden #2, planted okra in it today.

Complete corn mound.

Another completed corn mound.

Hello garlic! (planted in November.)