the line up

The garden is planted! It has been raining for most of the day today and it rained for a good portion of the day yesterday. Now, it is super humid and warm.  S-man got pretty soggy yesterday but at least we didn't have to turn the sprinklers on right? We planted some transplants and some seeds. Here is the list of what went in the ground yesterday:

SEEDS:

Carrot - Tendersweet

Carrot - Unknown variety (leftover seed from last year - package was thrown out)

Garden Bean - Brittle Wax

Green Bean - Contender

Lettuce - Classic Crisp

Squash - Italiano Largo Hybrid

Summer Squash - 49er Hybrid

Zucchini - Burpee Fordhook

TRANSPLANTS:

Cucumber - Pickling

Onion - Yellow Spanish

Pepper - Early Red

Pepper - Yellow Belle

Pepper - Sweet Banana

Tomato - Better Boy

Tomato - Early Girl

Tomato - Supersweet 100

We used this planting chart from OneCreativeMommy.com to determine which plants would be nice neighbors (eventually I'll get an image up showing how we planted our garden). Figuring out where to plant most of our vegetables was pretty easy.  However, it seems like there's always a black sheep amidst the flock. Our black sheep? The beans. Beans are apparently not good to plant next to, well, anything else we have in the garden so we gave them a separate home. Fortunately, in addition to our main garden, we also have another, smaller garden and didn't have to think too much about where to plant those troublesome beans. The smaller garden is an empty bed we haven't landscaped yet and it was the perfect spot for the beans. 

In addition to the vegetables we've already planted, we will also be planting some marigolds and nasturtiums around the squash, and we might plant some nasturtiums around the cucumbers and tomatoes. Not only will the flowers look pretty and add some fun colors to the garden, they will also help control certain bugs, nematodes and other nasty little pests. OneCreativeMommy.com also has a handy companion planting chart specifically for insect repelling plants.

I like both planting charts because they are simple and easy to understand.  If you like them too, you can print them from this blog post.  OneCreativeMommy.com is a really fun blog to peruse when you have a few minutes!