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2 of my muskmelons are planted in the backyard garden. The two seeds I started for the Kitazawa shark fin squash haven’t sprouted, but I planted the empty cells anyway. They’ll grow or they won’t. If they don’t, I’ll stick some Delicata seeds there.

The Michigan shark fin squash are going gangbusters. They’ll be going out to the farm soon. Same with the other squashes I started early, they’re outgrowing the starter pots already. I even saw a couple of luffa sprouts in there!

The cucumber assignment I got isn’t doing so well. Of the 17 seeds they sent me, only 4 sprouted. And one of those shriveled up and died almost immediately. I had originally planned to put some in the backyard and some on the farm, but I think these are all going in the backyard now. I might plant a different variety on the farm so we have some to eat.

The greens and radishes I planted are starting to sprout, as are the peas. Some of the other cool-weather legumes are being sluggish, but hopefully I’ll see sprouts from those soon.

In the tray of “seed dump” tomatoes and peppers, I’m seeing lots of tomato sprouts. Not so many peppers. Good thing I don’t eat peppers, these were mainly to share with neighbors, while getting rid of old seeds. I think every pepper variety I have was a free gift that came with an order. Except the Ghost pepper, that I bought for pest control >:)

Potatoes and wheat are planted. I had enough wheat seed for a 50x50 patch. This is an experiment for me, we’ll see how it does.

Chickens keep trying to “help” with the garden. They’re annoyed that the fence is up now. But they have lots of greens to munch on now. They love the clover and violet leaves growing everywhere. And they’ve been keeping up their egg production, we have 3 dozen eggs in the fridge right now. That’s in spite of one going broody again.