Tag: arugula

Fertilizing, weeding, progress, uppotting

It’s been warm for a few days, but we’re in for a stretch in the 40-50s. I weeded and fertilized the strawberry patch, fertilized the potted herbs, harvested more rhubarb for soda, mint for drying. The older plum tree is finally blooming, so hopefully we’ll get some pollinators. the peas are finally large enough to uncover, and the beets and carrots are sprouting. Garlic and onions are doing well. Potatoes (from grocery store) are sprouting and I’ve covered them a couple of times.

I up- potted a few of the larger starts and put them on the floor of the greenhouse, and moved the (late) sprouted peppers into 3” pots. I’m still unhappy with my starts, but I think some will pull through. (Btw- I felt the same way last year and it wasn’t as cold!) I definitely think starting with the little pods and transplanting is the best way to go.

The squash in the walls look good, the ones outside not so much- which I expected. I also fertilized the asparagus and cut a few pieces.

More peas, heathers

Goodbye raspberries

P tore out the raspberries the other day, and he covered the bed with cardboard and grass. We’re hoping to reclaim for asparagus (?) next year.

I also planted some more peas and cilantro-neither of which have started sprouting yet- and some dill in the greenhouse.

P planted a couple of winter blooming heathers next to the plum trees to hopefully encourage pollinators.

The spinach and arugula are starting to come up in the greenhouse, excited about that!

Spring planting

Today we prepped beds and planted onion starts and peas. P also fertilized the asparagus. I planted spinach and arugula and cilantro to sprout in the greenhouse. As an experiment I also planted green peas from Trader Joe’s that sprouted in the refrigerated package… plan to eat those as pea shoots.

Peas (sugar bon closest to shed, then sugar snap)
Onionsfrom the grange- left to right – ringmaster, spanish yellow, redwing, walla walla, ringmaster
Greens (spinach, arugula, cilantro)
Tj’s peas.
Crocus!

I also put clover seed in the mole hills.

Wander, fertilize, and plant

Got some squash, Romano beans, remaining peas, thinned carrots, asparagus, rhubarb, berries, and a few more sungolds. I planted more beets and carrots in the bed with the old favas. I also planted some more peas on the back side of the pea bed, and the remaining sweet Loraines as a ground cover in the onion bed (I ordered another variety of fava for next year.) I also replanted herbs in pots, fertilized. thanks and put mesclun mix in the empty spinach and corn salad pots. i cut back the lavender and artichokes that were blocking the rock steps. I’m tired.

I’ll prolly start having other tomatoes (plum and Roma) in the next week. Yay!

Planting fall

Planted and harvested a bunch. Made pasta salad, roasted carrots, and carrot top pesto (garlic, lime juice, cilantro, garbanzo)

Planted more carrots. Btw the musico carrots were the clear winner this year. Purple snap did nothing (well, I got one.)

Planted fava, kale (micro kale hopefully works ok), chard in South C

Planted peas, and kale in West E (fava bed)

Planted arugula, spinach, mache in plant bags. Fertilized most of everything.

This week

Thursday I replanted the tomato and tomatillo sprouts, and started okra and squash.

The greens are getting started. (That was Thursday as well.)

P worked up South D and I finally planted carrots and beets down there.

He’s clearing out space for two new beds now, near the fence. Extra beds! Yay!

Still just two arugula sprouts- but one is THICK.

Looks like someone was playing in my onion beds. Lots pulled up, some replanted upside down, markers tossed about.

I also planted cilantro (outside and inside) and basil (inside), more peas and kale in the pea bed.

More onions, some weeding, some fertilizer

After planting the little threads that were the result of my winter sowing, I didn’t have big hopes for them, so I grabbed a couple more bundles of spanish yellow and ringmaster the next time I went to the grange.

But low and behold, the little threads are hanging in there! I ran more of the ringmaster onions around the onion bed, then realized one of my garlic beds was half empty. I put the spanish yellow and the remaining onion threads in that bed. I had good luck planting tight and thinning throughout the season last summer, so hopefully that happens again.

There are two asparagus guys poking through the soil, which is EXCITING.

Here’s the State of the sprouts. The arugula is starting in the short greenhouse.

I fertilized the strawberries (box) and herb pots (bottle). Let spring come!