Monday, January 2, 2012

Winter vegetables planting

Today we planted the side-yard with a new set of vegetables. We started by dumping a barrel of compost and mixing it with the soil with the rotor tiller. We then planted the following (from North to South "approximately"):
  1. one row of artichokes,
  2. two rows of bokchoy (two different varieties),
  3. two rows of spinach (two different varieties),
  4. one row of green onions.
Then, after the tree,
  1. one row of green onions,
  2. three rows of peas (these will need some structure to support the plants),
  3. three rows of spinach,
  4. one row of yellow onions.
 For most of the plantings,
  1. we made a grove with a small shovel,
  2. dropped the seeds (a little closer than what was recommended in the instructions),
  3. hand-covered with a thin layer of potting soil,
  4. hand-covered with a thin layer of soil till the surface was all level,
  5. watered with rain water.
Now we just need to wait and see.