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Tuesday, April 17, 2012

First Planting

The whole shooting match got out on the deck and planted some corn and tomatoes. Kristi, Claire, Pearce,and I all dug in the dirt of our big planters on Sunday.

We're taking a while to get any garden started so I decided to start something on the deck. Planted corn in the two biggest planters. After that gets going good (2-3 feet) I'll plant some beans in there and then some sort of squash. I intend to plant the "Three Sisters" in the garden, but I wanted to do them on the deck as well. I figured it'd be easier for the kids to see than in the garden.

We also started some "jelly bean" tomatoes in the smaller pots on the deck. Doing the "jelly beans" on the deck for ease of access. Those will be salad and snacking 'maters.

I'll post pictures when stuff starts popping up. I should have gotten a picture of Claire. She was covered in dirt from head to toe. She and Pearce really enjoyed breaking up and turning over the dirt from last year.

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