Thursday, August 13, 2009

August Plantings

This weekend I'll try to post pics of the plants already coming up, but these are the beds we did a second planting of ....

...Provider Green Beans....



...Butternut Squash...



...and Big Max Pumpkin.

This is a bit of an experiment as we don't usually bother with more than one 'crop' in the summer. But fall plantings are months away and it seemed a waste to leave these beds empty. I'm sure the beans will be successful (if the pill bugs don't eat them all) and we've had good luck with this particular squash. As for pumpkins... since the first crop was so sickly and unproductive, I amended with plenty of compost this time around.
Now we'll just have to wait and see.

1 comment:

MAYBELLINE said...

My pumpkins have ripened faster than advertised. I think I'm going to plant a second crop to enjoy in the fall.