Garden Time!!!

The weather has cooperated this spring. At least enough for me to till the garden for the early crops. My garden gently slopes from the northwest to the southeast causing it to have a dry end and a wet end. This is actually a good thing because some crops need more water than others. For example, I like to plant my melons and towmaters in the wet end and onions, lettuce and such in the drier end. This seems to cut down on the amount that I have to water. Luckily, water here is really cheap and plentiful.

It's still pretty early to plant in this region so our options right now are limited. So here's the plan for tomorrow's planting:

Onions: scallions, yellow, white, red

Lettuce: Simpson seedless

Potatoes: red & white

Radishes

Beets - if Grandma and Grandpa want them

Turnips - if Grandma and Grandpa want them

I may take a chance planting some zucchini, since i rarely use all my seeds and if they don't make it, I'll just plant some more.

Here's the garden prior to tilling. The yellow things on the posts are insulators for the electric fence. We have tons of raccoons around here and this is the only way to keep them out, other than siting there all night with a 12 gauge.

Here's my garden barn. 2/3 is storage, 1/3 is relaxation.

This is my Troy-Bilt Horse model rototiller. I highly recommend this tiller to anyone. I really does all the work. They are commonly available on Ebay, but don't be shocked at the price. Mine is a 1982 model and is built really solidly. These tillers are still available new for around $2,800. they are essentially unchanged in their design after all these years. No, you can't buy one of these at Home Depot or Lowes! Anything at those stores with the Troy-Bilt name on it is junk, since MTD bought Troy-Bilt and trashed the name by sticking it on all the garbage they build.

Here's what I do in my spare time. I make heat.