The End of Week Two

Friday was a big day of planting.  After building our new raised beds, laying paper and hay underneath to prevent weeds and grass growing up, and filling them with fresh topsoil, we planted a lot of peppers we obtained from the Cornell Cooperative Extension, as well as some marigolds, parsley, broccoli  cabbage and cauliflower, and left room for some cucumbers too.  We also put up a fence along part of one of the beds, and planted eggplant along it that we hope will grow up the fence.  We also planted carrot and beet seeds in the bed.

 One of the new beds before planting

 The same bed, planted with a single unknown variety of pepper plants

 The fence we put up, with new eggplant in front. Carrot and beet seeds are planted beneath the soil here too

 The three new beds, and two old ones on the upper left

 An overview of the raised bed area of the ESL garden.  A few more beds are out of sight on the left.

 Sheila planting cabbage in one of the beds

 Another new bed, now planted with Thai peppers, parsley, and another unknown pepper variety

 Another overview of the raised bed area

 Some newly planted cabbage, in a bed near the tree nursery

 A close up view of one of the new cabbage plants

 The new cabbage plants in front, and old raspberry bushes in the back

With most of our planting done, we now move on to other big projects, including turning over and reclaiming new beds to plant corn, constructing and planting more new raised beds, and building cold frames.  We are both looking forward to the harvest that will come from all this planting!

~Sean