#eastern bed

The hops have hit the roof! 

  Upon acquiring compost, lots of things began to happen in the Incredible Garden.  From Fred Meyer I bought organic compost as well as mushroom compost.  

I loosed a square of soil in and made 4 rows for corn in the ground garden.  I added both composts to the rows.  The rows go east to west.  If I had done them north to south an entire row would be shaded in the late afternoon. For better cross pollination, corn is best grown in a few short rows, instead of one long row.  I planted about 20 seeds, a sweet hybrid of Golden Cross Bantam, in each row.  They should germinate in about a week, and then be ready to harvest 88 days later. 

I planted two tomatillos in the middle of the ground garden.  Tomatillo flowers are great for attracting bees. Tomatillos need to be planted in pairs for cross pollination. Tomato trellises were placed around them for support. They should be ready to harvest in 65 days.  There were buds on both plants, which I pinched off.

There are now 8 pepper plants in the Incredible Garden.  I planted two starters in the Eastern Raised Bed.  Closest to the fence is a Red Beauty Bell and next to it is an Anaheim Chili.  In the ground garden, parallel to the peas, I planted the remaining peppers in two rows.  Between the artichoke and the corn are Hot Jalapenos, Golden Summer Bell and another Red Beauty Bell.  In the second row, next to the tamatillos, I planted Valencia Orange Bell, Green Bell and Italian Roaster  peppers.  Both composts were added to the holes the peppers were planted in.

The peas I purchased as starters have begun to flower.  The three that come up from seed in the ground are growing well now that they've been trellised.