Sassy Cat's Garden 2012 ~ up until mid June

We have been pretty darn busy around the Sassy Cats' yard.  The vegetable garden and five of the six flower beds have been planted.  The weather has been so hot and dry that I have been watering hundreds of plants every other day.

The first photo is of the seedlings I started in Jiffy pellets at the end of March.  Sadly, of the 12 Gypsy peppers, only one seed sprouted.  The cabbage-type plants in the middle are ornamental kale.  There is also some sweet peas meant for container growing.  I've never had luck with sweet peas, so I'll be happy to see a couple of flowers.  Another new item to me - Disco Belle Hibiscus.  So far, they're not looking very happy.

I was pleased with what I purchased at Kmart for flowers this year, picking out most of what I needed for bedding plants there.  Luv those Wave Petunias!

The kitties were completely exhausted after a full day of vegetable garden planting.  Rocky ran the tiller and Beau raked the soil smooth.  Sassy decided where we would plant what, and we all had a paw in the planting.

Next is a photo of the garden last Saturday, three weeks after planting.  The kitties were hard at work patrolling for those vermin rabbits, squirrels, birds, chipmunks and mice.  The big plants toward the front are potatoes.

We planted:

• Marai sweet corn
• Beefy Boy Beefsteak tomatoes
• green & yellow beans
• rainbow & red carrots
• peas
• heirloom red beets (Park's was out of gold beets by the time I ordered seeds)
• red & russet potatoes
• leeks
• summer squash mixture - yellow & green zucchini, yellow crookneck and Italian
• red & yellow onions
• four types of peppers - one Gypsy, mini bell, Flavorburst (a green bell that turns yellow) and poblano
• shallots
• an Amish paste tomato and a Roma tomato

I gave a neighbor six beefsteak tomato plants and six mixed peppers, and she gave me the Amish paste and Roma tomato plants.  The red carrots and shallots are also new to me, we'll see how that all goes. 

For the last month, I had been searching for the sweet potato plants named "Beauregard" with no luck.  I found them today at Walmart!  They did not have them the last couple of times I looked through their plants, today they had three flats of them.  I bought a pack of nine plants.  I don't know where I'm going to squeeze them in, but they will be planted tomorrow.

Hoping for some rain soon!  But not too much.  haha!  Watch for further updates broadcast at irregular intervals from the Sassy Cats' backyard.

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