The Garden is Largely In

For our neck of the woods, the "Safe Date" for planting things that can't handle frost is Mother's Day, May 14.  But that's only 2 weeks away, and the extended forecast is that over the next 10 days, the lowest temperature will be 42 degrees. And the weather, even after work, is amazing!

Plus, I have loads of starts. I can risk a few.

The squashes are mostly German pumpkins (my own seeds) and Carnival squash (ditto), with one hill of PattyPan. I also planted marigolds and sage around the perimeter. Some say they keep pests away. I think the marigolds are pretty, and the sage smells great!

This is the new home of the tomatoes and cucumbers.

Cucumbers:

• Lemon cucumbers
• Pickling cucumbers
• Amenian cucumbers
• I seem to have forgotten slicing cucumbers in the rush of getting starts going. Sigh. 

And tomatoes:

• Roma (For cooking. Determinate)
• San Marzano (Also for cooking. Indeterminate)
• Cherokee Purple (Supposed to be good. I have too many starts. Indeterminate.)
• Black Krim (Delicious. Heirloom. Indeterminate.)
• Giant (Hybrid. Big. Indeterminate, I think.)
• Brandywine (Red. Flavorful. Indeterminate. Heirloom?)
• Organic Beefsteak (Red. Heirloom. Indeterminate?)

Some of these came from the seed-of-the-month club I'm part of.