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Spring Planting & Growing: Late Edition

Monday, May 16, 2022 0:01

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Spring’s last anticipated frost date divides my planting season into early and late. If the weather turns warm early, I’m always tempted to take a chance and plant early. Last year I did that and we had a late frost. This year I waited. I’m glad I did because we had another late frost this year! We’re on the other side of that now, so we’re busy planting and transplanting warm weather veggies and crops.

Warm season seeds planted so far:

cantaloupe (Hales’ Best)
cowpeas (Ozark Razorback)
okra (Clemson spineless)
peanuts (a Virginia type, I think)
my landrace cucumbers (F1)
calendula
sunflowers
corn (Painted Mountain)
winter squash (Sweet Potato)
summer squash (White Scallop)
Swiss chard

Fordhook
Rugy
Rainbow blend

sunflowers (Russian Mammoth)

dill

marigolds

Plants planted or transplanted:

asparagus roots
sweet potato slips (Georgia Jet)
tomato plants

Matt’s Wild Cherry (volunteers)
Better Boy

table grape (green seedless)

olive tree (Arbequina, supposedly okay for my growing zone)

redbud seedlings

Working on:

pasture

Still to plant:

green beans (Cornfield, when the corn is about 6″ tall)
more summer squash & cukes (for extended harvesting)
more herbs (hopefully)
purple sweet potato slips

Purple sweet potato sprouts for slips

I got the purple sweet potatoes from Misfits Market. They were excellent keepers and very tasty, so I saved one to sprout for slips. It’s been slow, I reckon because it’s been a fairly cool spring. Eventually I’ll get them in the ground to grow my own.

Harvesting:

Snowpeas

Asparagus

Garlic

Lettuce

Strawberries

Red raspberry leaves to dry for tea

Mizuna

Peppermint for tea

Oregano for seasoning

Waiting to harvest:

Potatoes

Wheat

Multiplier onions

And of course, we’re waiting on everything else! The challenge, now, is getting enough rain. We had a very rainy spring but no rain since our last frost, except for an occasional drizzle. Without moisture, things don’t germinate or grow, so I’m doing a lot of watering of transplants and baby plants. We’re really enjoying the lettuce and snow peas, and I’m hoping with plenty of watering they’ll continue to produce. But I hesitate to water newly planted seeds, wondering if it isn’t better to wait until it rains for nature to take it’s course.

The transition from rainy to not-so-much rain pretty much marks our transition from spring to summer. That, and the days are getting hot. Those days are upon us, so it’s definitely time to finish planting and shift seasonal gears.

by Leigh at http://www.5acresandadream.com

Source: https://www.5acresandadream.com/2022/05/spring-planting-growing-late-edition.html

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