asparagus – Page 2 – Chalet Lang

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!

Gonna hurt tomorrow

Tore up the lower beds and added in some compost. Hopefully i can get even more squash out of it this year.

All the buckets are sprouting!

(Corn salad, kale, spinach)

P picked the first asparaguses (asparagi?) to grill tonight.

Transplanted some more stuff

Everything still crazy

But

Corn salad is sprouting

There might be asparagus soon

I moved some tiger grass plugs to the newly cleared black berry area, did some weeding, wandered. Upplanted a tomato and let the greenhouse breath a little (it was finally in the fifties outside.) There must have been more, I’m tired and sore.

Yeah, so things are crazy.

It’s been a rough few weeks. P’s been working from home, and everything has shut down due to The virus. It feels equal parts apocalyptic and confusing. It is a VERY good thing that it’s happening in spring, and there has been enough sunshine to bask in,

Cooper passed away last week after fading quickly from the cancer’s return. It’s just us at home with Stevie. We only go out for necessities- most places are closed for the foreseeable future.

Anyways, I weeded and moved some stuff around today- lambs ear, catnip, grasses, lavender, etc. I put the “extra” seed starts in the greenhouse so I have room to transplants the other big ones this week. It’s still colder than I’d like – next week has highs in upper 40’s.

Asparagus is poking through, and some peas are sprouting. Spinach and corn salad are doing nothing.

Outside Stuff!

we finally got out and worked in the garden. I took a couple of retired brew buckets and planted spinach and corn salad in the raised bed mix.

P helped me turn over and amend the soil in South A to finish filling it with onions. We’ll see if the seeds do anything. The next section is redwing starts from the Grange, then Ringmaster from Territorial. I planted them pretty close (especially on the edges) to harvest some early as green onion and/or small ones.

I also got some peas in… the robins literally started cackling at each other when I started planting. Hopefully the baskets will keep those bastards away.

P put some harvest supreme in the asparagus bed. Here’s some progress…

We also took Cooper outside briefly… he’s not doing great so we want to give him all the fun.

Spring progress

Here’s what’s going on

Asparagus!

It’s feeling like an early spring

Clean up

Spent the afternoon cleaning up leaves and dead plants. P is working on the fence because we have a big planting project coming up in the upper yard.

He pulled the apple tree a little while back, because we realized we would never win the fight against pests.

The arugula and roots are going strong, the kale is hanging in there, and the asparagus still has green (I’m supposed to cut it back when it turns brown.)

Tomato and pepper time

I’ve been waiting to plant the tomatoes and peppers because the nights have still been cool- but today was the day. They were looking a little sad in the greenhouse because of humidity and heat.