Frost

Ugh,

We planted too early.  We had a frost last week.  About 1/3 of our peppers and 2/3 of our tomatoes were killed.

Ugh.

Planting!

We planted a lot of our garden yesterday!  Here is our tomato patch of 34 plants:

And here is one of our fine, young plants:

Joanne planted 2 rows of beans:

And some fennel:

We begin our 2013 garden

Jo and I went to the garden this afternoon.  I tilled most of the garden, and she planted three rows of spring crops (onions, shallots, garlic, leeks, collards, etc.).  Here are the results:

Yay!

I prepared the first two rows for planting the tomatoes:

The idea is to arrange the tomato cages in a large grid with plenty of room (40 inches) to till in both directions (E/W and N/S):

The images here are a little hard to discern--have a look at the high res versions.