The Teenager's Garden

Today I went back to the community garden. With the help of my apprentice, teenage gardener number two, I was able to finish weeding both garden beds. I was also able to loosen the soil, transplant beet and carrot seedlings with minimal casualties, and plant more carrots and leaf lettuce.  My apprentice, and dear friend, actually didn't have a trowel. So today she brought a large spoon which was surprisingly effective. We also had to add more soil to plot number 52 because the weeds took a lot of dirt with them. Everything we planted is in plot 52. The lines in the dirt that go straight across are where we plan to plant dill later.

I was very excited about starting my garden so I rented some plots of land in the community garden. My community garden is located in a local park. It has raised garden bed that you can rent year round. I have two 4'x8'x1' garden plots. They were a total of $30 for one year, with free water to water the plants and a community tool shed. Today I went to check them out and get my garden started. What I found was a little worse than what I expected The beds were overrun with weeds. I immediately start working on them. I only managed to finish weeding one and a half of the plots in two hours time. I will finish weeding the rest tomorrow and then I will plant my carrots and beets in them. I have carrot seeds in a package, along with a tub of beets that have sprouted indoors. In the mail today I received a 2017 copy of the farmer's almanac. It's $8 and contains lots of helpful information about when it's best to plant certain plants. Accordin...