Well everything is in. The trees are looking good except for my weeping cherry. I think it's having some transplant shock. Overall it looks good but when you get closer the leaves have some browning on them. Not anything horrible but enough for me to obsess over.
The lilac hedge is looking good. Lots of new growth, and next spring will smell fantastic even if they are only a few feet high right now.
They are being watered regularly I have a 5 gallon bucket at each tree with a tiny hole (1/64th drill bit) drilled in the bottom of each bucket. I fill the buckets 2-3x week if it hasn't rained within 48hrs of the buckets being due to be filled and just let the water slowly leak out. The buckets are empty within 24 hrs but it beats leaving a hose on and forgetting to shut it off.
Veggie gardens planted. I still have to build the little raised bed for carrots & shallots. Its mostly for the carrots though I want it to be simple and successful for my oldest daughter to be able to grow all the carrot colors she begged me to have. It will probably be 2'x4' and was just going to use sq ft gardening to space it out. Beats trying to do carrots in our hard clay.
As far as tomatoes go this year with San Marzano, Black Krim, Lemon Boy, Cherokee Purple, Brandywine, Oxhearts, Mr Stripey, Early Girls. I did do some purple beauty bell peppers along with red, orange, yellow and green. I have a very small patch of Glass gem corn in too. Otherwise it's nothing exciting.
I still want to go see if the local hobby nursery has rhubarb for sale. My plan is to go buy them out I think I counted 6 or 8 pots. Will give me a good jump on how much we want. We pick a bunch and a couple family members who I know wants to pick too so I don't mind having that much rhubarb going right away.
Still need a couple more variegated dappled willows along the easement to help enclose the property & keep the grass down so it's not as much of a mosquito paradise.
It's getting there.....
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