We’ve spent a lot of time over the last two weeks on gardening. We dug two new beds and expanded the one in front of the greenhouse. This involves not only digging but filtering all the dirt (we estimate the soil here is about 25% rock) and enriching it with compost.

These beds have been planted with edamame, anaheim chiles, beans, and cucumbers. (This is in front of the two allumium beds.)

This bed (covered with a garden blanket) is half tat soi and half lettuce.

Brad also made these ingenious little circles for planting squash and melons. Half have been planted and half are still to be done. Drip irrigation all around.

This area is behind the batteryhouse by the solar panels. We've christened it "squashville."

In the greenhouse, I still have greens growing, which we have an overabundance of right now. We also have herbs and green onions there, and the first of the tomatoes have been transplanted from the house. I hope to have them all moved in the next two weeks.

The first baby tomatoes in the greenhouse

All in all, we now have about 375 square feet under cultivation, up from under 200 last year.

And the cactuses? Well, we’re still waiting eagerly.