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 (:
Back
And starting seeds
update 4/15: I’ve transplanted a few, and added potting soil to the remainder. Next year use potting soil from the start- I think things struggled with the seed starter.
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.)
Planning Map
It looks like I should get some beets and carrots in the ground asap. Maybe peas depending on if the soil is up to 50deg. I’ll try to do that this week.
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.
Onions!
I got my hands on some onion starts (labeled “transplants”) at the grange today. Hopefully I’ll be able to get them planted this weekend.
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.