GA EXPERIMENT: Half the store-bought peppers transplanted today, with some 9-10 degree nights coming up

GA EXPERIMENT:  Transplanted half the store-bought peppers today, with some 9-10 degree nights coming up.  There are in bed 4A, to the west of one of the broccoli etc. beds.

The other half of the store-bought peppers, and most or potentially all of the seed-grown peppers, will go in next week after the last cool night.  (While at home, I bring them in if going below ~13 degrees at night.)

Let's see what difference there is, if any...

Oops, haven't been blogging everything re: GA & yard (oh well -- see paper notebook for notes)

GA: Planted all broccoli, cauliflower, chard, and kale

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GA: Planted onion sets & buckwheat

Some of the onion sets are under cover, some aren't.

GA: Planted the rest of the potatoes

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GA: Planted half the potatoes, and sowed carrots

First planting day today!  (Yesterday the staking happened but I didn't plant anything yesterday.)

The potatoes planted today are in bed 1B.  All are Superior, bought from Ritchie's, which I cut in half several days ago and left in the basement.  (Basement worked -- they look good, not all rotty like last year when I started with them upstairs in the hot big room.)  Gave each hole a sprinkle of mrp, az, alfalfa, and kelp, then placed the potato, then watered it, then filled the hole.  Then put leaves over top of all.  Then immediately covered with the good cover.

Carrots are all bolero.  First I sprinkled az, mrp, and kelp (no alfalfa).  Then I hand-dug those in while feeling for / breaking up clumps of soil.  Then watered it to find low spots.  Then spread leftover GA compost from last year.  Then watered again to find low spots.  Then sprinkled the seeds free-style.  Then spread more GA compost form last year to cover the seeds.  Then placed burlap.  Then watered over the burlap.  Here's hoping that this method will be a one and done!!!!   This bed, which is 3 feet by ~5 feet, used almost all one bucket of the last-year compost, and I really should have used it all bec the base layer wasn't thick enough as after I watered it I could see a lot of the original soil come through.

Started hardening most tenders (plunked them in shade by fence, leaving there all day bec nice and warm)

The only things not hardening yet are the basil and ground cherries, plus cukes and zukes which haven't sprouted yet.

Sliced the potatoes today

The only variety I bought this year (see previous post) is Superior, from Ritchie's.  

Also have a few fridge potatoes from last year's harvested that sprouted.

Today I cut them (Superior and fridge potatoes).  Placed them on cardboard/paper, in the basement.  Let's see if hopefully being in the basement from the get-go stops them from looking all rotty as they did last year.

I put the fridge potatoes in a separate area of the basement, and sliced them with a different knife than Superior, in case of any diseases.

Transplanted celeryx4 and parsleyx2 (yard)

One of the parsleys is probably dead but I put it in anyway just in case.

Potatoes bought: 12.3 pounds of Superior (plus will use some fridge potatoes, not sure what variety)

So yes, I bought only one type of potato this year:  Superior (from Ritchie's).  12.3 pounds worth, which cost a total of $21.39 including tax.

And I have ~10 potatoes in the fridge left over from last year that are great size and have started sprouting, so will use those too, whatever type they are (not sure which type).