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Does Updike have her own formula for a good garden? Read on:
“Sunshine, fertile ground, rain showers, and of course you have to work it, you have to keep it free from weeds.”
She stressed the importance of hard work, and she is obviously no stranger to it.
For example, “One year I canned 500 jars of fruit. In that day you canned everything you had, because you couldn’t give it away - everybody had a garden.” The Rappahannock News also spoke with Reverend Edward Jenkins of Washington, who has been planting a garden in the county for 52 years. His parents and grandparents were natives of Rappahannock and, as far back as he can remember, they always gardened.
Asked about this year’s garden, Jenkins said he will plant peas and onions the earliest. “Anything that frost won’t hurt I plant around the middle of March.”
“I might have planted peas this week, but it’s just too cold,” Jenkins said.
He usually plants potatoes near the end of March or in early April. This year, however, he will be extra cautious because “last year the potatoes were planted too early and they rotted - the ground was wet and cold.”
When will he plant the rest of his crops?
“We generally plant most everything between the first and fifteenth of April.”
Such as?
“Cabbage, beets, lettuce, squash, tomatoes, cucumbers, lima beans, com, parsnips, radishes, and sometimes peppers. We have a good garden every year.”
The reverend’s wife, Barbara Jane
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