Survived the night

All the veggies appear to have survived the night without being eaten. Need to get that deer netting up soon though!

In the ground!

Got the front parcel planted:

• 2 rows of carrots - I plan to intersperse 2 rows in between in a few weeks to stagger things
  
• a patch of mesclun (ran out of seeds and didn't get as much planted as I had wanted - more later?)
  
• 4 hills of cucumbers (tried to transplant 2 that I'd planted inside earlier - not sure if they'll make it)
  
• 2 transplanted peppers - actually 2 or 3 in each spot - we'll see which ones take and remove the others. Last year when we transplanted, several things totally died, so see if we can keep at least one alive in each spot.
  
• 2 of my son's tomatoes from school - not sure what type they are - we'll see.

I didn't get the deer netting up yet because I could not find my stapler. Hopefully nothing gets eaten tonight!

Posts In

Here is a shot this morning showing the current status.

First post

First post to first blog! This blog will follow our labors with our first serious attempt at a vegetable garden in Charlottesville, Virginia. We had a few tomato plants 2 years ago and they were pretty successful. Tried a slightly larger garden last year, but was mostly a failure. I think we had too little light reaching the plants. We've moved the located this year to a full sun spot, but no longer protected by the existing fencing as were the prior 2 locations, so we'll have to fence this in. At this point, the new garden is prepped and pretty much ready to be planted - hopefully tonight or tomorrow. Forecast calls for rain later in the week, so I'd like to have everything in by then.

Time line so far:

• 3/19/09 - started seeds indoors: tomato, pepper, cucumber (can you start cucumber indoors?)
• 3/29/09 - a few tomatoes have sprouted. planted mesclun mix in pot on deck
• 4/11/09 - most tomatoes are up now. one cucumbers just starting to emerge. no sign of peppers
• 4/25/09 - garden tilled - cut sod, added peat moss and manure from lowe's. layout is 2 patches, each 3'6" wide and 15' long. had planned to make them 30' long, but when i laid it out, looked overwhelming, so decided to halve it. So total we have just over 100 sf of garden.
  
• 4/27/09 - set 2x2 stakes around perimeter. will attach deer netting 6' high all around. not sure if these stakes will hold.