The Vegetable Big Leagues!

Well, the rains have begun, and so I have had to call it quits to my transplanting efforts! 

Now that many of the veggies have outgrown the egg cartons, it was time to move them up to the big leagues, also known as the backyard garden! Like that of the flower planting, this involved a bit of preparation. However, this time, there is a much large space I'm working with. It had also rained a few days after I had initially gone through the weeding process, so this meant, more weeds!

Weeded, raked, and ready for the transplants. 

The forecast was calling for rain for a number of days, but I was hoping to get what I could in the ground. I enjoyed the challenge of "beating the rain"! I enjoyed the weeding aspect much less. At any rate, many of the tomatoes, peppers, carrots, mixed greens, kale, beets, and cucumber where ready for the out of doors. 

The best way to plant transplants, or veggies in general, is to create mounds for the seeds. These mounds are usually formed in rows, which a) makes it easier to walk through out the garden and b) I can't remember what I was going to say here! 

Unfortunately, I learned that making rows is not so straight forward. As you will notice in the pictures below, my rows are quite crooked! I'm fairly certain this will not impact the nutrition or ability of the plant to grow... at least I hope not!

Veg in the ground!

You will have no doubt noticed, aside from my inability to form straight lines, that there are only two and a half rows. This was the result of both running out of soil, and the rain starting. I have several other transplants eager to make their way out of the house and into the ground. So, over the next week, once the rains have stopped, I plan on finishing up the rest of the plot.