Milpa

We emptied quite a few packets of seeds up at the garden today.  Among the seeds we planted today were:  bird's nest gourds, KY wonder beans, scarlet runner beans, calypso beans, dragon's tongue beans, diva cucumbers, Cherokee trail of tears beans, golden wax beans, roam II green beans, yellow squash, and a couple of watermelons.  Most of these will be ready in 60-70 days, which puts the harvest dates right around the end of August and through September.  Everything was planted along with the corn to keep the three sister's method going strong.  I cannot wait to see how all of this comes up and how many pounds of produce we will actually will end up with.  The weather has been quite favorable and the plants are loving every second of it.

Outdoor planting is going to come to a screeching near halt here in a week or two....possibly three (with exception to planting leafy greens, carrots, fall crops) ... with the amount of frost free days declining more every day (I know it is only almost officially summer but that fall frost will come eventually!).  But this does not mean we do not have a big and beautiful harvest to look forward to in the coming months before summer is over.  The sunflowers seems to grow more and more every day - some varieties will reach over ten feet before they are though!  The lettuce is just waiting to be harvested by anyone who comes up with some scissors and a bowl.  There is lettuce in three separate beds all waiting to be eaten by anyone.  I have so much lettuce in my own garden that this lettuce will just end up going to compost if not eaten soon!

The weather forecast is great for the next week or so and the agenda has been roughly set as to what needs to be done next.  If anyone feels the need to get outdoors we could always use the help - everyone is always welcome and there is always something to do!