Sunburned Pogue

Today and yesterday were really warm, and today I spent a lot of time transplanting and transpotting, so I'm left with a bit of a sunburn. Things are progressing in the gardens. Darren finished expanding the second garden 2 weekends ago, and last weekend we spread all the new soil inside. The walking areas for the expanded part are much more comfortable to squat (or sit) in. We made them a lot wider than the measly 1 foot sections in the first part of the garden, in anticipation for a fat summer. The thing about being pregnant that surprises me the most is how difficult it is to bend, squat, maneuver, etc. around this big belly.

While Darren was finishing off the garden, I made the Three Sisters garden. Hilling up the soil was more difficult than I thought it would be, but I have high hopes for this garden. I planted the corn and squash, but while looking at how many hills of squash we had (4 hills with 3 seeds planted per hill), I started to get nervous about doing the other 5 hills in squash. Darren isn't a big fan, so what the heck am I supposed to do with all that squash? I ended up planting cucumbers in the other 5 hills. They aren't supposed to be a part of the Three Sisters garden, but oh well. The corn has germinated today, and a couple of squash have also germinated.

ON the 20th, I transplanted the first two tomatoes out in the garden to see if it is too soon. We have had high winds (gusts of 34-60 mph down here in Fountain) for the past two days, and I worry about the wind damaging the plants. But, those two tomatoes look awesome, so I transplanted 2 more Better Boys and also 2 Baby Girls. I also transplanted 2 of my 20 cent watermelons today. We'll see how those two do. On the 20th, we transplanted the big Baby Girl (the one with tomatoes already on it) to the area back by the fence. It doesn't quite get full sun, but it get some hot sun between 10-1 and again after 5. I was afraid it would go into shock after being transplanted and drop all of the tomatoes, but it seems to be doing alright.

Almost all of the plants are out of the future nursery (which is where I was keeping them until I was able to take them outside). I still have a few, and we don't want to get a crib until we get all of the plants out. My last day of school for students is Tuesday, so that means I will have LOTS of time in the near future to baby the garden.