Surprises

Sometimes garden surprises are good. Like yesterday when I discovered that I had planted carrots in the middle of the upper bed. Given the fact that I have only 2 carrot sprouts in the lower bed because the lettuce is CRAZY happy and choking off all sunlight to the carrot sprouts, I was thrilled to discover the nearly dozen sprouts in the upper bed. Yay - I WILL have carrots this year!

On April 25th Dave and I built another 4' square x 2' tall raised bed. I've been filling it with dirt and compost since (40-ish bags to fill one of these puppies up!). Yesterday I planted a grape tomato and Early Girl tomato into the new raised bed. I would have planted a Juliet Roma had I not accidentally snapped its main stem during transplanting. :( The replacement Juliet Roma is sitting on my back patio awaiting its transfer to lots of soil. Maybe if I get up early enough tomorrow morning I can get it in the ground before work.

Oh, and to carry the surprises into another day, I discovered that the Cupid's Dart that I thought had died is resurrecting itself. It's a miracle! ;) Unfortunately it's right by the snow pea sprouts and someone's going to lose the battle if I don't intervene. Even if I do, the surgery is going to be quite tricky to extract said Cupid's Dart without killing off a few snow pea sprouts. Then there's the matter of finding a spot for the Cupid's Dart since all spots are taken. But, let's get through the tricky surgery first.

I still need to find a spot for the cucumber and basil I purchased yesterday. The idea is to plant the basil in with the tomato plants because they make good companion plants - or so I read. The cucumber...I'm not sure. I may try potting it again this year and hope for the best. Last year I had cukes growing until the plant collapsed after a long weekend in Indianapolis. Maybe this year I can get ONE cucumber!