Trellis

The first trellis for the peas is officially in the garden!  If the peas seem to like it, we'll put in another 2-3 for the 2nd pea planting and the pole beans.  For about $40, I don't think it's too bad for a 4-sided pyramid trellis.  We get 8 feet of plantings in a 2'x2' square!

We didn't get the potatoes in the ground tonight - decided to go out and play BINGO instead ("we" won $99!).  Won't get done tomorrow either, but Saturday is looking promising.

We did get the live trap though - hopefully it'll go in the ground tomorrow.  Rascally rodent.

We have our second planting of spinach, beets and a couple of the lettuces coming up (I didn't have time to check which ones - but I'll check this weekend).

Scallions

No frost damage to report, but it seems the low temperature only reached 39F.  Tonight however, we anticipate getting down to 29F.  We are planning on doing the same process.  The beds have been watered and later this evening we'll cover them again.

I forgot to get the potatoes cut up last night, but the bed has been prepared so the plan is to get them in the ground tomorrow.  I also got my scallion sets in the ground (yay!) as well as my second planting of peas!  We also cut and stained the wood for the first pea trellis - hope to finish this tonight and get it in the garden tomorrow.  Expect pictures tomorrow!

I've also included a document produced by Cornell Cooperative Extension, Understanding Frost, for some further information on frost protection.  You can find it in the "My Stuff" section.