Growing Home: Garden Planting is DONE! (for the most part)

Sunday, June 12, 2016

Garden Planting is DONE! (for the most part)

Planting Corn and Beans

But first, some mowing. I got to the farm and dove right into the mowing. Well, not right into it. I had to stop at TSC in Frederick MD to pick up a deck belt first! Then I had to put it on. Ugh. Putting it on means removing the deck, taking of the belt guards and two of the tensioning pulleys. Nonetheless, I got it on and it seems to fit ok. I couldn't get the exact replacement part at TSC and the 2 that I ordered online (ProParts) hadn't come in yet. I ran it a while and checked it a couple times - I don't see any fraying and it seems to mow fine, so I am happy with it. Mowing the rest of the orchard was a bit taxing on it - I am sure! Fortunately, the weather was great. Everything was nice and dry. A nice breeze was going. Mowing orchard went quickly.

After I had orchard mowed I jumped on planting some more corn. This time a different variety at the opposite side of the patch. I put 3 more rows in giving me a total of 6 rows of corn. Probably enough for this year (I have so much left in the freezer from previous years!). I also planted the front patch (unfenced area) with beans - Accelerate and Velour beans, from last years harvest (I saved the seed). I planted all of the Accelerate that I had and probably 2/3rs of the Velour. I tilled the patch again before I planted since there was a good start of weeds in it. I did not put down any black plastic on the beans. I put in 19 45ft rows! Now we will see what eats them (hopefully nothing)!

Shell beans are in!

Dog fence

I spent most of an entire day putting in a fence for the puppies! Not much to say about this except that the dirt around the house here is very hard and full of stones! It took a long time to dig the post holes even with the auger! I pounded the metal stakes in by hand - no small task either! Nonetheless, I got it all in pretty soundly - i don't think they will be knocking it down anyway!