Farming week - Day 2

Sunflowers for Memorial Day

Sunday-

- poultry care

- supported the fava beans in the hoophouse

- too much time inside blogging...

- dishes, clean up from last week's picking

- poultry care, broody hen has settled onto her new nest

- RC made another nest box for the Orpington (getting broody)

- set out lisianthus

- set up more bean teepees

- moved Muscovies in with the Cayugas and Welsh Harlequins, so far, so good.

- RC mowed some more

- watered eggplant

- siesta

Pole beans 5/27/12

- planted 15 teepees of pole beans: 3 Scarlet Runner, 2 Northeaster, 3 Rattlesnake, 2 Green and 1 Yellow Annellino, 2 Garden of Eden, 1 Kentucky Wonder, and 1 Kentucky Wonder Wax

- some weeding in the hoophouse

- planted more Luscious corn seed with the corn seedlings

- planted 25 ft of Royal Burgundy bush beans

- hoed half the New Zealand spinach, hoed the Asian onions

- picked some of the bolting spinach for supper

- that's all for today!

l. to r.: Royal Burgundy, Dragon Tongue, Kentucky Wonder, KW Wax, Gold Marie, Northeaster, Garden of Eden, Rattlesnake