Natural Born Tillers

/ Richard R. Barron / 1 Comment
My worn-out work gloves sit on my tiller recently. I ended up tiling the garden three times, hoping to dislodge some of the grass and weeds from a couple of years of neglect. I also tilled in some garden fertilizer.
My worn-out work gloves sit on my tiller recently. I ended up tiling the garden three times, hoping to dislodge some of the grass and weeds from a couple of years of neglect. I also tilled in some garden fertilizer.

I write this on Easter Sunday, April 9.

Friday I bought 18 Celebrity tomato plants, 6 Cherokee Purple heirloom tomato plants, 2 tomato plants of unknown type, 12 Yellow Giant pepper plants, and 24 slicing cucumber plants from the Byng FFA/Horticulture sale, the program at the high school near my home.

Tomato, bell pepper, and cucumber plants sit in the garage Friday afternoon.
Tomato, bell pepper, and cucumber plants sit in the garage Friday afternoon.

Yesterday I got all but the cucumbers planted.

One of my new tomato plants stands in waning sunlight after I planted Saturday.
One of my new tomato plants stands in waning sunlight after I planted Saturday.

I normally plant cucumbers from seeds, but since they had them at the sale, and they weren’t expensive, I thought it might give me a head start.

A teeny cucumber plant is visible after tonight's planting.
A teeny cucumber plant is visible after tonight’s planting.

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