Doing a quick catch-up on the Blog tonight.
Monday after work (evening) I tilled the garden with my new mini tiller and it did a GREAT job. I think I have a handle on how to use it now. “Practice makes perfect” as they say.
After tilling around the vegetables I tilled a large empty section; getting it ready to plant the corn and green beans. There’s a few patches of Bermuda grass so I really dug into that to get rid of it.
On Tuesday I used the leaf rake to gather up the loose dried Bemuda grass that was on top of the ground. I used my Dad’s planter and planted 5 rows of Blue Lake green beans and 4 rows of Peaches and Cream corn. I gave the seeds some City water, but I really wish it would rain on them.
This evening I sprinkled the corn and bean seeds with 10-20-10 fertilizer and gave them a good drink of City water. To encourage the carrots I sprinkled them also and gave them a good drink. Ah..fingers still crossed that they’ll come up.
Here is a picture of my celery I’m still growing in my kitchen window. I took this picture Sunday, April 22.
arkansasfarmerette2012 
Good luck with your seeds. It is still to cold up here in New England to plant. Do you have any rain barrels? We put a small pump in our rain barrel, and it works great. Is your celery in water or soil? Thanks.
Hi Judy
Rain barrels hum..no we don’t have any set out. It is a good idea, though I’m sure we don’t get as much rain as you do up there. I’ll consider getting one. Is your’s a plastic or metal barrel.
My celery is in about a1/2″ of water. I’ve been refilling it every other day. I should get it in the ground but I’m contemplating on how I’m going to put something over it for protection. Birds and bunnies.
Our rain barrels (2) are plastic. We bought them from our Conservation District for $65. We’ve had them for about four years. I’ve also seen where you can make them yourself out of barrels that have been used for food (pickles, olives) – those we can buy for $25. I’m going to try the celery. Temps here dipped to low 30’s last night.
It sounds like you will have a wonderful garden.