Gardening
So, last year, as I mentioned, we had to break the sod for the garden. We put all that sod in the compost pile. Um, not such a good idea. We had two huge piles, but the sod and dirt really slowed down the compost action. You would think that dirt would be good for compost. Evidently not. The piles did reduce in size so Bill put everything in one big pile. Now we need to start a new one with all the kitchen scraps we saved over the winter and the chicken litter.
Today I order the only seeds I’m planning on ordering this year. And they’re a hybrid. Not only that, I think they are manufactured by Monsanto. I ordered Snack Jack Pumpkin Seeds. We eat a ton of pumpkin seeds and the Snack Jack makes hulless seeds. There are a couple of heirloom varieties of hulless pumpkin seeds, but every supplier I checked was out of stock or wasn’t carrying them this year. I really hate Monsanto. Now I’m beating myself up for ordering the seeds. Damn you Fedco for telling me you weren’t going to have any Lady Godiva seeds this year, then getting them in but selling them out before I got some.
The garlic we planted last fall is sprouting. We planted Inchelium Red, a softneck, from bulbs we saved from the summer harvest and Spanish Roja, a hardneck that we bought from The Garlic Store. We got the Inchelium Red from them too, just two years ago. Good company! We’ve been eating the Inchelium Red over the winter and it’s really tasty. It’s not red though.
We also planted some plain old garlic from the grocery store.
