GA: Finished transplanting -- including leeks!; almost finished sowing -- including corn!!

The last several days have been BUSY!  Busy busy BUSY!  Got so much done.

In terms of sowing seeds, here's what I sowed today -- all of them straight out of the packet, not soaked, not pre-sprouted:

- A block of corn!  Peaches and cream.  6" apart.  Mixed in lots of the condo soil, plus my usual four things (alfalfa, kelp, mrp, and az).  Didn't pre-soak them or anything.  Plopped them in about 2" deep.  Covered the bed with a piece of tulle laid on the ground, as a bit of a deterrent to birds etc. (hopefully).  The block is -- I can't remember -- something like 4 by 5?

- Watermelon -- because all of the ones I had started inside died in the pots.  A scattering of them in one area, covered with tulle for now.

- Dill -- in a couple of spots.

Transplanted leeks gifted by a plot neighbour.  They are small and the roots were mega-jumbled together, we'll see how they do.  They're sort of covered with tulle -- "sort of" because there are several holes but I clothespinned the biggest ones.

Anyway lots, lots, lots has been done.  I'm not documenting everything because it's just too much.

Dill seeds harvested -- but have aphids

First of many dill seed harvests happened today.  Tons of seeds from just a few umbels (is that the right word?)!  The first set had tons of green aphids in them though, so rather than keeping them I scattered them where the amaranth is, hoping they won't germinate until next spring?  But whatevs.

The second set which I didn't notice until dark had at least two aphids in it, but light was low so I put them in a tupperware, for a closer inspection tomorrow before deciding whether to store or scatter.

Stopped harvesting dill, letting it all flower / go to seed

^^^

Pruned dill -- the plants are looking great

The legginess from inside seems to have sorted itself out.  They're all looking great.

Dill direct sowed

Just in case the wimpy indoor-started dills don't pan out, direct-seeded some dill of the new seed pack ("Bouquet") in the north bed, along the north edge of the carrots.  Amended with mrp, az, and kelp (no alfalfa).

Dill transplanted -- hopefully real soil will remove their terrible wimpy/leggyness

Amended the soil with mrp, azomite, kelp, and myke.  (No alfalfa.)

Dills starting to be hardened off (need to free up space under the lights)

Will do the "inside at night while cold, outside during day when +~3 degrees" dance with the dills.  Need to get them out to free up room under the lights.

Up-potted tomatoes -- wimpy root systems! Dills also looking similarly lanky and somewhat floppy

With the tomatoes' lanky upper growth and wimpy root systems, my best guess is too much nitrogen and enough of whatever the thing that roots want.  Anyway, repotted them today nice and deep, so hopefully the stems will grow lot of roots.

I think the similar thing is happening with the dills... hopefully they'll be ok though.

Dill round 2 started in PT -- so far only 2 of first round have germinated

... and one of those two was on the edge of the PT and dried up.  So, only one dill potted up so far.  Though I'm still hopeful, as for one thing apparently dill can take a while to germinate, and also I hadn't realized they need light.

Dill started in PT (later will start some outside too)

^^^

Dill (fall crop) sowed directly (didn't start in PT)

In the central bed's south part.  Just to fill in a gap.  (And I'm getting bored of so much buckwheat everywhere!)

Today's harvest

Things are going gangbusters overall!  Today's harvest:

peas (tons)

broccoli (piracicaba) (getting a basketful every week)

zucchini (5th of the year)

kale (tons)

chard (tons)

dill (a few sprigs)

basil (lots)

stevia (good amount(

carrot (a bit too early)

Dill and last stevia transplanted

I forgot to mention earlier that the two best stevias I put into containers (a few weeks ago).  The small runty one is in the ground.

Veganic local seed vendors! Ferme de l'Aube. Bought comfrey and dill.

Saw their post on the Edible group.  Very cool!  Too bad I already have most of my seeds, but, I ordered some comfrey and dill from them.  Very excited to try comfrey, it had totally escaped my attention but looks like a fantastic tool for the veganic garden.  Hoping to put the comfrey out front so that I can keep the yard to the edibles.

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