Tomatoes and Corn are in the Ground.

5-26-08 VERMONT: Actual rain tonight, already for a couple hours, but on and off. The pond level has dropped about an inch. The water is clearer than it has been for several years, probably due to the huge amount of snow this past winter that displaced some, or even most, of the water that was in the pond last summer. That water might have started its journey by evaporating from the Pacific Ocean, then getting carried eastward in some winter storm and precipating here in Thetford. Frogs have appeared in the pond as has a turtle, painted turtle I think, and at least one crayfish.

I planted the tomatoes in the veggie garden from east to west—six Early Girl, 45 days, two Sweet 100, 70 days, two Sun Gold, 57 days, and two Santa Grape, 60 days. Herbs next—two sweet basil, two dill, two rosemary to join the thyme and oregano that over-wintered. Then two pumpkin hills and sweet corn—four rows of 18 plants, double seeded for later thinning.

I filled holes in the flower gardens with a hollyhock, Alcea rosea, a liatris, ‘Floristan Violet’, a cushion spurge, Euphorbia polychroma, a delphinium, ‘Magic Fountains Cherry Blossom’, an ornamental oregano, ‘Hopley’s Purple’, a white Centaurea and a fancy violet.

That’s all the sexy stuff. The rest was weeding, watering, pruning and a few more peony supports.


Apple trees are Memorial Day regulars.