Planting is going slowly this year. I’ve only just finished planting the backyard garden. I have 1000 gourds planted on my farm, but haven’t done the corn, beans, sunflowers, and other plants yet. I might be able to do some of that today. It’s nice out, but I have a sunburn that makes it hard to work outside. I may pull an all-nighter again. I did that with the gourds, it was easier than fighting the heat.
Last February when I applied to be a grower for Baker Creek, I included a list of 33 varieties I have that they don’t carry. They just recently got back to me and said they want all of them!
Tip for anyone who has trouble with tiny seeds: You can buy empty pill capsules and put one seed in each, then top off with something to give them a little weight. I used ground eggshells, but sand or dry dirt would work. This makes them easier to see, easier to handle, and you can plant standing up just by sliding them down a hollow tube. The capsules dissolve when wet, so the next rain will open them for you.
You sound busy! I just got seeds from Baker Creek for the first time - but as we didn’t do our fence, I don’t want to waste the effort to plant. Our resident groundhog already ate the green beans.
My husband has been very resistant to my nagging him about that fencing.