It has been a while since I've written something. I guess I've spared you from reading aimless blog entries...
The project for this fall is creating a small garden space at Highland Baptist Church. Early this past spring I used Black Eye Susans as a cover crop over my potatoes. Now we are going to work on the garden space and it is time to harvest my wind torn, shade potatoes. (Not exactly a bumper crop but an interesting experiment.) Of course there is hardly anything that prevents Black Eye Susan plants from growing, so after one growing season there were 8" roots on healthy plants. (One was STILL flowering today and I couldn't take it out. It's way too cool to have something blooming at this time of year.)
The way I'm transplanting them is bare root, so I cut them out of the ground, shake the soil off, chop off any excess roots, then place them in the 5 gallon bucket. This allows for a lot of plants to fit into a small space for transport. The compact plants also minimizes the shock while they wait to be put in. Finally, I cover the top with plastic wrap to keep in the moisture until they are planted on Saturday. Here is a picture of the new garden at HBC:
If you have the time, stop by on Saturday morning and we can put these hardy plants in the ground!
