While Suzanne and Joyce were busy at the garage sale, Ron and Steve got the big pump working and started the blue hoses. They also worked on the new tomato patch and watered it along with a few other beds on the greenhouse side of the garden. Deb, Michael, and I worked together with the blue hoses. We leveled and watered the new corn patch (old tomatoe patch). We also watered the spinach, potatoes, fruit trees, and everything else along the fence line as well as the garlic beds and the old Padron pepper and eggplant patch. Some areas may have received a little too much water. Geri and Willie planted in the flower bed, watered the green beans, and tended to the greenhouse. We need to water the enclosed bed (peas, kale, etc..) by the shed next time, unless someone took care of it after we left. We also received an interesting visit from a woman who was promoting the concept of victory gardens.
The area inside the fenced-in plot on the north side needs to be prepped for planting. We need to sort our seeds and see what more we need and who should buy them. The plot by the shed may need to have chicken wire added to the outside of the fence. That plot may need to be weeded and redefined. Jan found a hen with a couple of chicks pecking around inside and they ran right through the wire when they saw her. The remaining winter cover crop should be left intact and seeds can be planted in it without turning it over. The other cover crop is turned over so we can watch and see which method of dealing with a cover crop is most successful.