Click on a thumbnail picture below to see the full size version. 13 Entries. Sunday, March 8 View Page Seed starts. Waiting for spring. 8.58, 8.40 and the 8.64 Porkchop. Saturday, March 14 View Page 3 little piggies Sunday, March 29 View Page Took my oldest son fishing and took a much needed day off from work. Nice smallie 2 pounds 5 ounces. Tuesday, March 31 View Page Extra help from my smallest gardener responsible for large holes in my planters and sampler of all tomatoes. Sunday, April 5 View Page Enjoyed a nice walk around Lake Mastadon. Sunday, April 5 View Page Transplanted today ... 1st batch sneak peak. Sunday, April 5 View Page 2nd batch - spring is cold and rainy. Sunday, April 5 View Page Really nice so far and wishing everyone a great growing season. Saturday, May 23 View Page Hot and dry day. Spent all day planting in my gardens. All of porkchop's Domingo seedlings have been transplanted. 8.40, 8.58 and 8.64 seedlings. 79 today and maybe rain tonight. Really a relief to finely have warm weather, relief from the high daily winds and some brief dry spells. Sunday, May 24 View Page 81 and humid. Rained this early am. Yesterday, I used WOW starter packs with my tomatoes, bone meal, earth worm castings and mycorrhizal. Sunday, May 24 View Page UMass garden soil test submission form. routine_home_grounds_4-16-24 Thursday, October 15 View Page FVPD community garden plots closed! Very wet season with lots of low-marsh flooding in our plots. Drain tiles are non-existent. Friday, October 30 View Page All fall cover crops I planted in August, including daikon, turnip, triticale, buck wheat, mustard, and hairy vetch, did exceptionally well and were mowed and turned under on 10/19. I noticed my piles of leaf mold had massive heat, turning these piles into my plots. I now planted late-fall and early-winter rye, daikon radish, and crimson clover. I previously amended my soil with decomposing arborist chips, gypsum, blood meal, and bone meal. We'll check back next week after a few rounds of showers move through my area with some really mild fall weather.