Usually I love thunderstorms....

...but not this week! Once again my planting plans were foiled by the weather, as we had numerous thunderstorms over the weekend which reduced our lovely garden plot to a muddy mess. We did get a chance to make up the rows and fertilize the garden before the storms hit, which was good. From the photos (below) you'd never know that we were about to get dumped on, but I guess that's the way it goes with thunderstorms this time of year, they sneak up on you real quick! Anyway, we made 4 rows (about 150 feet long) and the other half of the garden (which is not cut into rows) will be for the corn, which you plant in flat ground. The fertilizer we are using is triple-17, which is actually pretty heavy duty stuff (usually used for tobacco), but Shawn's grandfather swears by it and as long as you put it deep enough in the rows it shouldn't burn the plants (also, a little goes a long way!). Maybe someday I'll have enough time to do the composting thing so my garden is a little more earth-friendly, but for now this will have to do.

We also made a trip to a local greenhouse to pick up some seedling plants, hopefully they'll be OK under the carport for a few more days until it dries out. We had planned to scale back on tomatoes this year (we had 48 last year, waaaay too many), but somehow we still ended up with 42 plants when we got home...I have no idea how that could have happened, but I think it starts with a "S" and ends with a "N".... :) Anyway, we also picked up our pepper plants and this is where I may have gone a little overboard myself...4 jalapeno, 4 cayenne, 4 green bell, 4 yellow bell, 4 red bell, and 4 banana peppers....can you tell I like spicy food? I plan to can a few batches of salsa and jalapeno jelly, and I may even try pickling my own jalapenos this year. But for right now, I should probably get back to studying for my finals...