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Got my 2nd fenceline planted, this time with sugar snap peas. The seeds are 3yo, so I planted them thickly. They are just about 2 to 2 1/2 inches apart. I am sure to have some sprout. I can come back later and reseed.
I dug with my spade about 5-6 inches deep right next to the chicken wire fencing and about 8-10 inches south and deposited that soil south of the planting bed. I have been growing here for several years now and the soil was very easy to handle, even though it had some natural compacting.
Here is the planting row before planting, a shot of the peas--I planted 90 sugar snap pea seeds in this 12 ft row--and a shot after planting, which looks identical to the first shot. I also sowed scallions and mescalun lettuce seeds, just to see if they will fill in. I really didn't cover Those seeds. We are expecting heavy rain Wednesday afternoon and the scallion seeds match the color of the soil, and I am not going to worry about any birds eating them, since they are eating Something? in my north pasture right now.
When I used my hand rake to push back the soil I had dug out, I discovered that the soil in between this fenceline and the fenceline to the south is Really rich. I have been dumping there from soiled horse bedding for years now and it's been breaking down into nice compost. You can see a mound in between each of the fencelines and I am thinking I should move this to use somewhere else, especially since I am not growing anything there--too much foot traffic, that is, My foot traffic. I took a shot of my garden seat--you can See how the soil in between is mounded--which is waiting for tomorrow's planting, and where I deposited my new trowel hanging from a metal fencepost. I couldn't find my other 2 trowels, and this one that I just bought at Dollar General is actually pretty sturdy. OH, and more German red garlic is up!
I dug with my spade about 5-6 inches deep right next to the chicken wire fencing and about 8-10 inches south and deposited that soil south of the planting bed. I have been growing here for several years now and the soil was very easy to handle, even though it had some natural compacting.
Here is the planting row before planting, a shot of the peas--I planted 90 sugar snap pea seeds in this 12 ft row--and a shot after planting, which looks identical to the first shot. I also sowed scallions and mescalun lettuce seeds, just to see if they will fill in. I really didn't cover Those seeds. We are expecting heavy rain Wednesday afternoon and the scallion seeds match the color of the soil, and I am not going to worry about any birds eating them, since they are eating Something? in my north pasture right now.
When I used my hand rake to push back the soil I had dug out, I discovered that the soil in between this fenceline and the fenceline to the south is Really rich. I have been dumping there from soiled horse bedding for years now and it's been breaking down into nice compost. You can see a mound in between each of the fencelines and I am thinking I should move this to use somewhere else, especially since I am not growing anything there--too much foot traffic, that is, My foot traffic. I took a shot of my garden seat--you can See how the soil in between is mounded--which is waiting for tomorrow's planting, and where I deposited my new trowel hanging from a metal fencepost. I couldn't find my other 2 trowels, and this one that I just bought at Dollar General is actually pretty sturdy. OH, and more German red garlic is up!
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