The RV Homestead: cucamelons

I've got a schedule that I'm holding to, as far as planting stuff out this year. Today was the day to get cucurbits planted and okra started. Luckily, I have this nifty greenhouse to help me out with things. I am grateful for that. I sat in there, in the pouring rain, and planted. It was peaceful.

It's, by no means, big enough for what I want to do...but it's a start.

Today, I planted out my cucurbits. Cucurbits are squash, pumpkins, cucumbers and gourds. They only need like a 4-week head start before being planted out. I'm planning on these going out by mid-June. It rains too much here for really any other time. Some of these will stay in this greenhouse to grow because they need the heat, like the Cucamelons.

Here is the list of what I got seeded in today:
*Parisian Pickling Cucumber (heirloom/OP variety)
*Arctic F1 Cucumber (hybrid variety. I'm going to see if I get a better harvest from these than I get from the heirloom variety)
*Dragon's Egg Cucumber (heirloom/OP)
*Marketmore 76 Cucumber (heirloom/OP)
*Jealous Neighbor F1 Cucumber (hybrid)
*White Wonder Cucumber (heirloom/OP)
*Balcony Swallowtail F1 Cucumber (hybrid)
*Armenian Cucumber (heirloom/OP)
*Mexican Sour Gherkin aka Cucamelon
*Siamese Bitter Melon
*Sugar Baby Bush Watermelon
*Kajari Melon
*Tigger Melon
*Minnesota Midget Cantaloupe
*Loofah Gourd
*Svitozar Zucchini (yellow variety)
*Dark Green Zucchini
*Patisson-Panache Et Vert Scallop Squash
*Gelber Englischer Custard Squash
*Rampicante Zucchino
*Hulless Dana Pumpkin
*American Tondo Pumpkin
*Musquee de Provence Pumpkin
*Lakota Squash
*Table Queen Acorn Squash
*Iran Squash
*Yuxi Jiang Bing Gua Squash
*Delicata Squash
*Kobocha Squash
*Pineapple Squash

I also planted 9 seeds each of Okinawa Pink Okra and Jing Orange Okra. Life is too short for boring green okra!

I got these all tucked away in the green house with the peppers.

I do have to say that it stays rather warm inside of this greenhouse. I'm impressed. I haven't lost any pepper plants due to being too cold yet.

My little baby tomato plants look great. The biggest one is the Red Dumplin Winner Pink. It's a variety that I got from Tomato Jim Wyant.
We figured out what was eating my plants while they were in the shed. It was a chipmunk.

We got another nice surprise today (I had several, garden-wise). I wasn't sure how my potato bed idea would work out. They seem to be really liking it. For whatever reason, we didn't harvest the Red Gold potatoes that I ordered last year. I paid $10 for a pound of them. Anyhow, they are growing! I may leave my Jerusalem artichokes in a container for this year because I need to find where I can dedicate a space for them. They will take over. I don't mind them doing this, but since they get really tall (like 10 feet or better), I don't want them in my main garden area. I want them to have their own place. It's going to be the same with my Egyptian Walking Onions. They need their own space to grow.

The peas are doing fantastic. They are already grabbing onto the shrog netting.

We need to get this grass cut down. Eventually, that is all going to be wood chips. I'm going to kill off the grass. It will make it easier to maintain and, unless you have grazing livestock, grass is stupid.

The raised beds are doing ok. They'll last a few more years before they get rotten and fall apart. I planted all sorts of spring type plants in there: lettuce, kale, broccoli rabe, cilantro, radishes, etc.

My carrots have sprouted. I have 5 varieties planted out in the deep tub. I have Parisienne Market, Gniff, Kyoto Red, Uzbek Golden and Longue Rouge Sang.