I started the day with ambitious plans. Ryan brought the tiller out, taking care of the remaining soil and also weed maintenance. I picked weeds in the rows and also checked on plant progress.
I have a full row of snow peas! The mild weather this week helped them emerge quickly and they were looking good. The wind was blowing like crazy today, but most of the plants were holding their own.
I picked up Crimson Sweet watermelon plants last night, along with cantaloupe. I planted the watermelon (a total of 12 plants from 4 pots), only to find out some not so great news. Shortly after planting, Ryan decided to tell me what he heard on the radio this morning: a chance of frost. Ouch. Thanks, honey!
We wanted to make sure they were talking to US, so we waited for the 6 p.m. news. They were.
Ryan and I collected our hot caps and some buckets and got to work. We ran out of buckets and hot caps. So for the peas, beans and lettuce...we had to improvise.
Alien invasion (watermelon, tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, broccoli, cauliflower):
By improvise, we mean: sheets, plastic, cones and our old bags from our "bags" game:
We also threw in a Zook Zone towel for good measure. This one covers some radishes (yes, Heath..this was for you!):
Hopefully that will save the bulk of the plants, we couldn't cover them all. Cantaloupe to be planted sometime next week.
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