Argentina: The one about our vegetable garden

Somehow it's already August and the old saying has never been more true: the days are slow but the months fly by. We are well into month 4 of quarantine and we have come to accept that this is the year of trading travel plans for household projects. One of the projects I've undertaken is to start a vegetable garden, something that is surprisingly feasible here during the winter season. Given our limited outdoor space and two giant canines who occupy most of it, we opted to get raised planters from a carpenter in the city who makes them. We bought two, and they arrived looking like this: 

Pardon the weird roof shadow.

Bianca volunteered to show off the planter's depth.

I spent a few days painting the insides of the planters with asphalt paint and staining the outsides while listening to podcasts (allow me to suggest listening to 1619 if you haven't already). After the paint dried, we lined the boxes with nylon, filled them with dirt, and planted away. 

All stained and planted.

At the moment, we have peppers, carrots, onions, lettuce, celery, chard, garlic, tomatoes, basil, and parsley growing. Our daytime temperatures have been averaging in the 60s, and we've been covering the plants at night to avoid frostbite. Here's a current glimpse at our seedlings:

  

If I had to describe August weather here in three words it would be: dry, dusty, and windy. Usually temperatures are still cooler, but we do have a forecasted high of 89 degrees this coming week, so... Anyway, judging by how quickly July passed us by, September will be here before we know it and our plants will be thriving by spring's arrival. Stay tuned for updates.