Many weeks involve planting here at the Garden at 485 Elm. But here in Vermont, when we can get a hard frost as late as Memorial Day, the big planting push means waiting until frost warnings are really over, then urgently planting as many heat-loving crops as we can get into the ground.
In this video, a glimpse of prepping the final bed we’ll be planting. Bed 4 will have hot peppers, Amish paste tomatoes, and several rows of summer squash. In the background, turning the compost in Compostville.
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Delicata squash seeds germinating under reemay row cover, keeping vulnerable young plants safe from decimation by cucumber beetles.
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Watering six just-planted Sweet Chocolate Peppers seedlings from Ananda Gardens.
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We planted some of our bush bean and pole bean seeds in upright toilet paper roles to ward off cutworms.
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Pole beans are planted, facilitated by Warrior 2 and Reverse Warrior (not pictured here). Behind our warrior, Red Kuri Squash seeds garment under reemay.
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No rush to plant: We grow a few perennial and self-seeding crops, including lemon balm, Jerusalem artichokes, tomatillos, thyme, oregano, chamomile, mint, anise hyssop, and edible pansies & violets. Lettuces and spinach plants overwinter with no assistance from us, providing us with early tender, delicious green leaves.