Free Day Day Two: Tomatoes and Peppers are planted!

Hello BraceKyle!

So we are on to the recap of day two with no dayjob. The weather cooled quite a bit, and I got to spend even more time out of doors. I weeded and I planted and I planted some more.

Free Day Number One: Planted the Salad Bed

Hey BraceKyle,

As said in my last post, I had two days of freedom from work before my trip to Maine (stay tuned). Day One was HOT! So hot that after 30 minutes outside, I got dizzy. I took many breaks, but still managed to get my salad plot planted.

I’m Back! Now to Talk about My Mobile Strawberry Patch

Hey bud,

I have missed you, BraceKyle. Sorry I’ve been such a blog bum. A short life update before the garden update. I have officially left my job, taken a week off, gone to Maine and started a new job. Its been crazy, but I was very dutiful in taking pictures and now I can fill you in on all of it!

In between the last job and Maine, I got a couple days to play in my garden. It was very welcome after staying late in the office to tie up loose ends. But when I went back to my yard to see what had happened when I was away, I saw that some restructuring was necessary on my strawberries.

My first planting: everything is in the ground!

Well, SuperKasey, it is a lazy Sunday here, and a cloud of humidity has coasted into our river valley.  I think that means that the warm months have arrived STL-style: with loads of drippy sweat even when the temperature is low.

The potato plants are alive and well!

Blackberries, blueberries, oh my!

Yo, SuperKasey.  I heard a great joke this weekend about Heisenberg, but I can’t remember it now.  I think it had something to do with a speeding car.  I’m sorry!  In lieu of that, I give you this joke:

PERSON 1:  Knock, Knock.

PERSON 2: Who’s there?

PERSON 1: Interrupting sloth.

PERSON 2: Interrupting sloth who?

Person 1 slowly moves forefinger toward Person 2′s forehead.  Like, really,really slowly.  Comically slow.

I hope that tickled you.  Now onto the gardening stuff.

Pest Control (The Glory of Marigolds)

Hello BraceKyle,

I’m glad to read that everything is going so well! Your note reminded me of a time you came to visit and we were getting ready to go out. You found me in the veggie garden, my hair all over in the place in my nice summer dress and looked at me so quizzically. Do you remember that?

I was picturing you in your suit in the yard and feel like the understanding is there now.

Now to your concerns on pest control.

SuperKasey’s Superbabies (Seedlings)!

Hello BraceKyle,

Just when you least expect it, HERE I AM!

Before the planting season hits here, I gotta keep busy. Most of the time is spent planning and then when I just can’t take it anymore…I plant seedlings.

These little guys get all my attention until the weather breaks.

Potatoes and you: a really basic guide

Well, hello there, SuperKasey.  I didn’t see you there.  You sneaked up on me.  On the blog.

I’m growing potatoes, and these are an interesting crop to grow.  Potatoes need a frost-free season and take 75-120 days depending on the variety.  They can take up lots of space. I’ve read that you need at least 18″ between potato plants.

You know those creepy growths that sometimes sprout from potatoes if you let them sit too long?  That is the beginning of a potato plant.  If you planted that completely underground with the growth pointing up, you would grow potatoes.

Plants and seeds and MUTANTS!

Hey BraceKyle,

Welcome to the society of dirty knees!

The weather is finally warming up here, and so I can actually begin to think about planting. Thank goodness!

I’m doing a mixture of seedlings and plants as well.  What you said is true. Most one-time harvests with little or no firm shoot goes straight into the ground (i.e. lettuce, carrots, onions, etc). The trick is having good seeds to plant.

My first planting 2K10!

Yo, SuperKasey.  Greetings from the year 2K10.  BraceKyle has officially planted things.

Double-take-say-whaaaat?

It is hard for even me to believe.  Hard to believe, also, that I just referred to myself in third person.