But I love Raintree. I've been ordering from them for years and they have always sent me healthy trees and shrubs that have taken off as soon as they hit the dirt. In this shipment:
1 - Sweetheart Cherry tree (self-pollinating)
2 - Glenora blue seedless grapes
2 - Lakemont green seedless grapes
1 - Chandler Blueberry
1 - Darrow Blueberry
2 - Crimson Cherry Rhubarb
5 - Anne Rasberry (gold)
5 - Caroline Raspberry (red)
5 - Tulameen Raspberry (red)
1 - Lattarula Fig
The strawberries come in groups of 25 for under 10 bucks. But with Raintree I've always gotten a few extra! I haven't counted the Tri Star (everbearing) plants yet, but I counted the Benton (June bearers) and got 29 plants! I got the Rhubarb planted first, then Heidi Ho and I started planting the Bentons, but then a storm whooshed in and drenched us in rain before we had a chance to make to the porch. It's only 51 degrees out there now and still raining, which is why I decided a change of clothes and warm blanket took precedence over the strawberries.
Check out the cherry tree! Look at all those buds just waiting to grow!
And take a look at the raspberry sprouts just waiting for some soil and sunshine!
Over the weekend Glenn brought a Bobcat skid steer home (the joys of working for an equipment rental!) and we were able to do a few things around the farm, as well as fill in the last two garden beds! He scooped up some really nice black soil from in front of the small barn, then put the two truck loads of compost on top of the soil in both beds. He wasn't even done filling in the second bed before I had started planting in the first one! I planted the rest of the onions down both sides, then calendulas and dill here and there down the sides. The perennial stuff went on the ends of the beds: bronze fennel, parsely (biennial), catnip, lemon balm, and borage (annual, but gets huge).
Breaktime! Ho and Brie both had to check Glenn out in the Bobcat to make sure it wasn't eating him. Brie, who is always up for an adventure, probably wanted to ride with him if it wasn't so noisy.
Neither of the boys thought climbing into the noisy metal beast was such a good idea, but they're big whimps anyway.
I'm worried about Mr. Brandywine, the poor little tomato seedling that was made to suffer for my gardening impatience. It's supposed to be 38 tonight and 34 tomorrow night. Yikes! The good news is that this seems to be winter's last horrah for the season because starting Wednesday it's back into the 50's at night and 70's during the day. So just like Junior, my little 'mater has his own blanket on tonight. I covered him with straw and grass cuttings then topped it off with an upside down plastic pot. Let's hope it's enough!
