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May 29, 2007 | 9:57 AM PST

Well, the planting's all done...I think. I finished the fairy garden this morning, after going to My Achin' Back (a local garden center) to pick up some alyssum and some other new yellow flower that's small, as I wanted some bright yellow and they were small flowers. I'm quite pleased with how it turned out! Now all I need is some mulch or something for the two flowerbeds.

On the veggie front, I'm terribly excited! We've got TONS of sprouts coming up. So far there's cucumbers, string beans and pumpkins, but I think I've seen a few cabbage, broccoli and cauliflower coming up too. It amazes me how many new ones we see each day. Guess its time to thin them out. The seed packet said to thin them out when they get several inches tall. As I've never done this before, I've been trying to follow the directions. I just hate to pull any out. Geo (the hubby) found my corn seeds over the weekend, so I'm still debating having him till a bit more and puttin them in, as well as the other packet of string beans he found. Is it too late for that?

I also have a question about watering. I tend to water in the evening, after the sun goes down a bit, to keep the sun from burning off all the water before it has a chance for the plants to actually drink it, but that's always been for flower gardens and its always worked great. Geo found a website that says you shouldn't water your garden (I'm assuming meaning veggie garden, tho it could be garden in general) in the evening. You should water it in the morinng, so the leaves have a chance to dry off to help keep disease away. Now, I've always done the gardening at our house and did a lot when I lived at home with mum, before I got married. Geo has done no gardening that I'm aware of. But it cracks me up that he's tilled the veggie garden, picked out a few seed packets and found a website and now he thinks he's the garden guru. Anyway, any watering tips would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and we live in zone 6 in southeastern Pa, aobut an hour west of Philly, just to give ya an idea of what kind of weather we get.

Once the plants get established I'll take a post some pics.

Yours till the Veggies Ripen, Lori

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divaqs	May 29, 2007 \| 10:34 AM PST Corn is pretty picky about soil temperature. In my region I have to wait until almost June to plant it. I have been trying to companion plant corn with pole beans, like the Indians used to do. Corn is a heavy feeder and the beans are nitrogen fixing, so the beans should help the corn. The pole beans need a support like a corn stalk to grow on. I had mixed results last year on this, but am going to try again this year. So, what I am trying to say is that I think you would be okay to still plant either. I've heard the same thing about it being better to water in the early morning. I am not really sure it makes too much of a difference where I live though, since we tend to get rain at any hour of the day or night, and the native plants don't seem to suffer from it. Last edited by divaqs on May 29th at 12:16 PM.

divaqs

May 29, 2007 | 10:34 AM PST
Corn is pretty picky about soil temperature. In my region I have to wait until almost June to plant it.

I have been trying to companion plant corn with pole beans, like the Indians used to do. Corn is a heavy feeder and the beans are nitrogen fixing, so the beans should help the corn. The pole beans need a support like a corn stalk to grow on. I had mixed results last year on this, but am going to try again this year.

So, what I am trying to say is that I think you would be okay to still plant either.

I've heard the same thing about it being better to water in the early morning. I am not really sure it makes too much of a difference where I live though, since we tend to get rain at any hour of the day or night, and the native plants don't seem to suffer from it.

Last edited by divaqs on May 29th at 12:16 PM.

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