kimurho

I finished making the hills today and planted the corn. Over the next few days, I'll be monitoring the plants to see if they are ... not dying. If they look like they won't survive, I'll plant seed corn. If they do thrive, though, I'll be able to plant the beans in another couple of weeks. And then the squash a few weeks after that.

I've never successfully grown a garden, I don't know if this will work. The space I'm using was where the pool was some 20 years ago, so it's about 9 feet round ... thereabouts. However large an above ground pool usually is. I have seven hills - about 3 stalks of corn per hill - instead of the recommended 4 ... :: shrug :: that's how it worked out with the ones I started inside. As it happens, I think I'm glad each hill has three stalks, because 3 is a significant number in Gaelic lore. And 7 is significant as well - although, I confess, I keep thinking of "the seven hills of Rome" more than anything from Gaelic.

I decided to leave the centre of the circle clear, someplace to train the squash vines. At this time I'm planning on planting butternut, butterkin and ... of course, the sacrificial gourd of Summer's end.

I wonder if anything will grow ...