Last Sunday in June

This year has been unusually wet. I think today has been a more typical June weather day and so I got the urge to take some pictures.

Our peach tree and "baby J" honey crisp apple trees also look fantastic this year; I wish we had thought to plant a tree the year E was born as well.

I took some shots in the garden of our tomato, zucchini, and squash plants.

I started two batches of no-knead dutch oven bread last night and baked them today to go with dinner.

E helped pick carrots out of the garden. Which we peeled and put into a crock pot for a roast tonight.

Rebecca and I want to start planning our landscaping (not that we have money to invest in it yet..) We need more shade in the backyard and want to put in some shade trees.

Gardening Spring Fertilizer

I am excited to have a garden again. I am taking a class from a very knowledgeable home gardener. He recommended fertilizing established trees and flowers while the snow is still on the ground. He also had a recommended recipe for the soil in this area. Today I went to Walmart and HomeDepot and purchased the three items (I think they are the three he mentioned.)

• Miracle Grow(Azalia feed or bloom booster)
  
• Ironite
• Amonium Sulfate

I also purchased some peat moss (sphagnum) as well as a spreader. I have now fertilized the peach tree in the back yard and hopefully the melting snow will carry the fertilizer down to the roots so we have a healthy leafy tree this year and some big sweet peaches. Rebecca and I plan to plant in March (the cold weather vegetables) so we still need to get some 18-18-6 fertilizer and sulpher to prepare the soil for our vegetable garden. I guess I will check a nursery for those items because WalMart and HomeDepot did not have them. I also need that fungi root spray. Oh and I need to get some seeds!

I would like to disc or roto till up another section of my yard for a second garden (since the watering and planting cycles are different) but with the sprinkler system, it would be a lot of work, maybe I will plan a family activity in April...