Here is a list, probably partial, of what we planted :
Tomatoes - a whole double row of them, from Romas', to Yellow Pear, to Black Prince, all heirloom - going to be really busy at harvest time, canning, drying, freezing them. Put up an arch trellis for the roma tomatoes, and will put the tomato cage over the Kentucky beefsteak tomato plant.
Peppers - sweet green, various hot ones and some Pepperdews (thank you Magda) from South Africa
Herbs - Italian parsley, sweet basil, Stevia, bee balm, cilantro, catnip
Various squash, including gem squash from South Africa, (Herbie loves these, also thank you Magda)
Cucumbers, sweet potatoes, yukon gold potatoes, spinach, lettuce, swiss chard, red cabbage, green cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, rabe, cauliflower, kohlrabi, bok choy, baby bok choy, asian head mustard, asian cabbage, popcorn, sweet corn, flax, mustard, beetroot, carrots, turnips, asian white radishes, eggplant, peas, green beans, 3 kinds of cowpeas including a rare one from Botswana. Also some Cape Gooseberries, yummy. We didn't plant the one everbearing strawberry nor the 2 German chamomile plants I bought. Herbie says something for me to do today. Damn, and I thought I could sit on the couch eating chocolates all day !
Found I didn't have fennel, leeks or celery, I can't remember the 4th one ! Think I may have planted all the asparagus upside down, but can't find anything to tell me which are the roots. Oh well, if I did they will need to re-orientate themselves as I'm not about to dig them up. Maybe I should have planted them all sideways :) Put the rhubarb in sideways as I didn't know which way was up on them either. Have onion seeds, but didn't pre-plant inside this year, so thinking about sticking them in the ground in the Autumn so they have a good start next year like I did with the garlic last year.
The grain garden we planted last week is shoosting up - especially the rye. Can clearly see the corn rows and the soya beans are making an appearance, plus hazes of green everywhere else. Bit of an issue keeping the ducks out of it. We started putting up the 3ft chicken wire fence, but it seems our posts are too far apart to have it really taut. When we stretched it out, the wires snapped. Plan B ??
Had rain on and off through-out the day, which was hot and really really muggy, but great for planting as it was overcast. Then the thunderstorm came in after we finished - great timing, but didn't bode too well for cutting some fresh hay for the sheep and cows. The sickle mower is very frustrating for Herbie, seems to push the grasses down rather than cut them. For a 5 ft blade, it only cuts the middle foot. This makes for a lot of extra diesel running the tractor. Herbie thinks that our push weedy-wacker does a better job, but obviously it takes much longer and much more physical labour.
The made a great South African breakfast, with a bit of America for Herbie with the hash browns. Sausage, fried onion, fried tomato, mushrooms, bacon, poached eggs, cheese, toast.
My roses are opening. Sometimes cut roses just rot as buds, but these are actually opening and are beautiful, even if they have very faint perfume.
The front rock garden is looking pretty with the impatiens, had to re-plant a couple after the chickens scratched them up, plus have a few more creeper like plants to stick in there. Need a scoop of the well composted manure there too.
Have someone coming to look at my car on the week-end, so need to vacuum and wash it. Please, please, I really need to sell it.
Sargeant didn't have a happy day yesterday. He is feeling very poorly, seemingly ate too much. I bought larger tins of dogfood than usual, as it worked out cheaper than the smaller cans. Usually I feed the 3 dogs out of 2 cans daily, but with the large cans, all 3 can eat out of one. Unfortunately I didn't tell Herbie this, so he fed 3 large cans to the 3 dogs yesterday, Sargeant had about 1/2 a can which resulted in him not being a very happy camper. I force fed him some bicarb yesterday, and he seems a little better today, but maybe I should force-feed him some senecot and castor oil. That should sort his system out, poor bugger. He didn't even want his treat last night !