Progress – Page 12 – Chalet Lang

Transplanted Squash and stuff

I definitely think my handmade seedling pots has better seedlings than the silicone ones.

Peas.

Planted some peas in west C, and some arygula in upper c. P got most of the other beds ready for 60 degree soil.

Roots and greens are sprouting well.

We have a few asparagus spikes poking through the soil- not as many as I’d hope, but a couple are quite thick.

The hops are already going crazy, p pulled the extra bits off today.

Raspberries are starting to bloom.

It’s been quite dry and warm here the last few weeks- so I watered today and a couple of days ago.

Starts are starting- okra and tomato plants are going first (:

Roots and Greens

Planted kale and Swiss chard in West C, after tilling in the cover crop and adding compost. I just sort of sprinkled the seeds around.

Planted root crops together in upper c. It might be a mess, but I plan to thin things down as I go. Carrots, rutabaga, beets, and radishes. Covered the first set with some loose soil (1/2 deep) and just sort of sprinkled the rest in.

put out cilantro seeds

And some abandoned bonbons (herbs and edible flowers.)

Yay! And Nay.

Well, I have a bunch of seeds to plant… But they sat in the mailbox for a week of freezing. … So I hope they are ok.

Planting onions

It’s chilly but sunny, and we put some onions in the ground. P tilled and put compost down. I put onions into south a and west d.

Succulents

Earlier this week I refreshed all the succulents and put them under a grow light. Hopefully I’ll get a bunch of propagation babies and less leggy plants!

Is winter over yet?

It started snowing on Feb 3. We got about 18 inches in the following storms, which finally stopped dumping by Feb. 12. Today is 16 days later. That’s the state of the yard.

It’s practically balmy today at 47degrees, but you can hear chainsaws everywhere because so many trees came down. I’m still waiting on the snow to melt so I can see what survived.

I ordered a bunch of seeds today- unfortunately I can’t find onion sets, so I’ll have to try to find some locally.

I’m tempted to take a blade to the blackberry when the snow melts. It’s all crushed now so I wonder if I can murder it while it’s weak… (;

I’m excited to use the new path and soon to be finished patio out back.

Cleaning up

Garlic is all sprouting. Otherwise it’s time to clean up the leaves, cut things down, and basically hibernate.

Tear it out and plant Garlic

I actually think that tearing out the old plants is almost as satisfying as planting int the spring. I still have a couple of things going- kale, chard, Brussels sprouts, carrots, beets, leeks- but I’m ready to retire my gloves for the winter and focus on other projects.

That’s not too say it was easy. My hands hurt after a Saturday of cleaning and pulling.