Groundhog and more progress digging

Almost done digging up the sod for the garden.



The groundhog hole under the garden shed.



Melon and chickpea seedlings.



Sunroom and new table arrangement.

garden progress from April 15

Still trying to catch up with posting...
1. Digging progress as of April 15.
2. Seedlings thru the window- much larger (again, as of April 15)
3. and 4. Pictures of the stormy weather last evening (April 22)

baby bunny from the old townhouse

Way too cute- I can almost forget how allergic I am to rabbits.

Some pictures from April 12

I'm running behind posting material, of course. These are from April 12.
Here's:

1. Sushi the cat blurrily blending into the floor (wouldn't hold still).
   
2. Peas just coming up
3. Progress on digging sod
4. These are cucumbers and lettuce (getting all spindly because of lack of sun. The windows get a LOT of sun, but only if it comes out from behind the dark gloomy clouds).

Since then, I replanted the lettuce and it's working better. The cukes now have 3-4 leaves.

Starting Seeds part 2

4/4/08

Flat 3:
Lettuce Anuenue 3 rows
Lettuce Oakleaf 3 rows
Rosemary 1 row
Cilantro & Mint mix- whoops! 1 row
Mint only 3 squares
Cilantro only 3 squares

4/5/08

Flat 4:
large round peat pots
Super Snappy Pea 5 pots
Super Sugar Snap pea 6 pots
Oregon Sugar Pod II 6 pots
Store-bought rosemary plant

Flat 5:
Square peat pots, med size (32 per flat; 4 per row)
Pumpkin Cinderella 1 row
Eggplant Black Beauty 1 row
Watermelon Black Tail 1 row
Muskmelon Pike 1 row
Zucchini Sweet Zuke 1 row
Chickpeas from Walmart grocery 3 rows

Planted mesclun mix in large white pots

Starting Seeds part 1

I'm sort of moved into my new house. So, time to start planting seeds:

I used two different seed starting mixes: one from Walmart, and Ferry Morse "Quick n' Easy" from Lowes.

Dampened mix; left the last row of each seedling flat open for easier watering.

Flat 1:
Broccoli DeCicco 4 rows
Lettuce Tom Thumb 3 rows
Lettuce Sweet Valentine 3 rows
Cucumber Space Master 1 row

Flat 2:
Tomato Sweet 100 2 rows
Tomato Amish Paste 2 rows
Marigold French Taskent 3 rows
Marigold Chameleon 3 rows
Basil 1 row