What's Really Done in the Dark: Plant Edition

Have you every forgot something; just pushed it out of your mind? Well, I did. A week ago was a prime time for planting squashes and cucumbers; I planted many different varieties. I brought my squash and butternut inside after planting them. I had college classes and didn't get home until after dark. About three days ago I found the plants had done a mysterious deed, you'll see.

These are the cucumbers and Nasturtiums planted and left outside, they began to emerge yesterday.

These are not bean stalks. They are squash, they had struggled to find light and grew a bit too tall. I had set the seedlings on a really dark shelf and they still grew. And Grew.

The butternuts were the same way. When I found these seedlings they were yellow, now the chlorophyll reacted with sunlight to create a beautiful shade of green.

The zucchini on the other hand, is just right and huge. Zucchini is wonderful in a stir-fry with sliced squash. Delish!

The peas are loving their trellis. The little tendrils are delicate, yet they hold the plant upright even on windy days like today.

Are they not cute as can be. Just wait for the flowers, they are cute too.

Have a great Friday!

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Princess's Bed as a Pea Trellis

"The Princess and the Pea" was not told as much when I grew up; because, Disney princess were all the rage: Aurora, Ariel, and so on. Peas are a vavorite of mine and a jar of them can be put in anything as a serving of delicious vegetables. When the time frame came for peas to be planted about two weeks ago, I planted a tester bathc of Wando Garden Peas purchased from Baker Creek this Winter. For my test batch I need a test trellis, one that is sturdy and easily installed. My answer to this was a bed frame that we had just dismantled from my old twin bed. In the South we are taught to reuse items and repurpose them for good, my objective is to do this tastefully and productivly. Here is my was of doing things.

Peas grow great inour Georgia clay; when the rocks are removed. Since this frame trellis can bear a lot of weight (I should know) and tall, I planted more seeds than necessary. There is a row on the outer facing side and one on the inner, two peas per hole, and 36 plants total.

With lots of Spring showers I don't only get May flowers; but, early and healthy peas.

It is ture, clay is the perfect medium for peas. Clay is rich in nutrients and cooler than other soils.

This is a pead pod from last year. The pea plant was grown in a pot of plain potting soil; hopefully, this year's larger crop, in clay, will yield darker pods with more peas.

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