Day 35

My largest spinach plant

Everything is looking great so far.  I might add to my garden tomorrow, but I'm not sure we can retill the rest of it so soon.  We need to borrow a rototiller. 
I've been watering every day that it doesn't rain.  I hoed between rows and finally wedded near the plants today.  I accidentally pulled off a few spinach leaves and lettuce leaves while I worked but they tasted good.  My potatoes got fill dirt in the trenches today.  I also thinned out about a dozen green onions.  I brought some to my neighbor but she wasn't home so I'll probably bring them to church to share in the morning.  I checked my chart and everything is right on time including my patio herbs.
My losses are chili peppers and asparagus. 

The garden so far

Day 2

This afternoon I had 2 helpers with the planting but my 6 year old didn't last long.  I planted 2 more rows according to seed pack directions.
In row 2, the East 1/3 is spinach and the same is true for row 3.  Then I planted black-eyed peas or purple cowpeas for the next 2/3 except I put 2 Chile peppers at the west end of that row.  The west end of row 3 is the same.  And between the peppers and spinach is lettuce in the 3rd row. 
Against our white picket fence, I planted peas for about 2 feet.  I'm saving the rest of the fence for climbing green beans.  I may regret the decision to let plants climb my fence.  We'll see.I'm saving space between the row ends and the fence for pumpkins, but they won't go in until the end of May, first of June.
I still plan to plant green beans, cucumbers, tomatoes, and zucchini as well.

I am anxious to see it grow.

This picture is taken from the opposite end as day 1. The potatoes are to the far right and the next two rows start with spinach. Lettuce was hard to plant because the seeds are so tiny it was hard to just drop in one at a time.