This Wednesday (a “vine” crop day, according to the Farmer’s Almanac) is my favorite day of the planting season, its the day i get to plant my gourds! 
This year I’m focusing on Bowl type varieties instead of Birdhouse types - Tobacco Box, Sugar Bowl, Bushel, Dipper and Swan varieties.
This is my Superbowl. 
I’m 12 days away from planting everything in the garden. A lot of the plants (vegetables) that I started indoors 2 months ago we’re looking pretty bad. They really want out of these Solo cups. I may even have to get new stuff from the garden center. We shall see. Nevertheless, I’m excited to get a lot of these seeds planted into the beds.
The only thing out there now are the sugar snap peas and they’re doing great
I’m hoping the weather continues as it is. It’s been very comfortable at night and pretty hot during the day.
So that is where I left it…at the Dead concert!!!
@PogueMahone ,had a similar thought. I don’t ever remember being in Oregon.
Another planting day over here.
Lots of beans and peas. My gourds. So many gourds.
We still have quite a bit to transplant and only another 2 days to get it done, but we’re getting there. Most of the wife’s super-hot peppers finally got into the ground, all the bell peppers.
Oh and we got some blueberries into the ground.
More of the same tomorrow. 
I figured out what made the underground root zone that took over the beds. Helicopters they always start falling in mid-april and they continue all the way into May as little itty bitty helicopters and by the time I get out there in May they’re already made their way into the dirt.
So I go outside this morning and the beds were covered with them
I just took the blower and blew them off
That’s another bonus to having the built-in net system around the boxes nothing gets in
I had a couple of tomato plants started to look really really bad and I went ahead and transplanted them today. Everything should start going out to the garden in about 10 days so I figure I’ll see some type of recovery in 10 days of transplant before I replace anything with store-bought.
I’m excited to get this garden going. I really want to make a couple of more beds and widen the grow area. Little at a time
Finally done with all of our transplanting and planting.
We have 2 more planting days this Sun and Mon where ill plant the rest of our beans and pease, and in about 2 weeks ill be planting some more corn (Succession Planting) as well as some more squash.
This is our biggest garden yet. All the clearing we did over the winter really paid off, as we have almost twice the garden we had last year.
The land here is very rugged and raw so its been alot of work to make things work - but i believe we’re getting there.
When we first bought our land/house i was determined to make money off of it within a year (i want to get into the Farmer’s Market circuit), wife said that was an unreasonable expectation and to give it 5 years, i truly believe we’re that much closer… once we have enough food stockpiled for ourselves we’re going to look into markets and such.
We’re very proud of how far we’ve come. There’s been alot of blood, sweat and tears to make this happen. Never underestimate the power of a couple Gen-Xers powered by Red Bull, marijuana and good music.
My “secret spot” is finally ready to go. Once this bit of rain passes my outdoor girls will be going to their forever home.
This little spot is down the hill (yes, we live on a hill) away from prying eyes but close enough i can get to it in a hurry if i need to.
A fence to keep the deer out, many campanion plants and a couple wide trellises full of tomatoes for a little camouflage.
I found out, last year, that cucumbers and acorn squash make a great screen from prying eyes.
I live a the top of a hill, you can’t see my garden from the street 
@PogueMahone Ive a question for you.
When applying pesticides (BT, Dead Bug, etc) should i be avoiding hitting any buds and just hit the leaves, or is it okay to get it on the buds?
I’ve been doing all i can to cover the buds when spraying, is that necessary or can i be more liberal with it?
I would avoid spraying the buds. The products may be non-toxic, but could impart an unpleasant taste. What kind of pest are you dealing with?
Im just trying to be as proactive as possible and avoid any future issues.
Really all ive come across thus far was a small wormie and a couple munched leaves.
Nothing worth raising an eyebrow at really, just preventive measures.
Keep an eye on the buds, the small worm could be budworm and it may have kin
Exactly why i want to be as proactive as possible. I hate dealing with garden pests…where there’s one there are more to follow.
Who dat kin folk?
Got a lot done today in the outdoor garden. In the big 6X6 bed I planted about 24 bush bean plants
I filled up the 2x2 bed with cucumbers as well. Finally in the 3x6 bed with 6 watermelon plants.
I made the decision to start almost 2 weeks early as I read the Agnes Growers Almanac (Southern Baptist edition) and it said for the next two weeks in Maryland we’ll have weather both day and night. For this reason I decided to go ahead and plant all my seeds 
I’ll do all my transplanting next week
Agnes Growers Almanac (Southern Baptist edition) is always correct* , there is forecasted weather both day and night
*You will never catch me saying otherwise
That’s what makes her so great
