Planted okra and squash seeds and moved some seedlings into bigger pots.
Cilantro, spinach, arugula, and dill all coming up in the greenhouse.
Bigger pots and new seeds
Tag: spinach
More peas, heathers
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.
I also put clover seed in the mole hills.
Roots and greens
Planted spinach, New Zealand spinach, arugula, and cilantro in bags and pots on the spa pad. Planted carrots and beets in south c. Planted carrots and kale in south b with the favas, and planted kale with the finally emerging peas.
And here’s an update on the sprouts
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.
Salad
Gorgeous day today- warm enough to wander out for a dinner salad. Spinach and mache (planted last fall, thriving in the season starter) baby arugula (from short greenhouse) chives, green onion (from last years runts), and fava greens. Yum!
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.
Planted onions and peas and greens
It was very cold and rainy today, after a few beautiful false spring days, but I finally got greens, peas, and onions in the ground. I just poured one kind of pea on each side of the fence and covered them with baskets. (The robins cackled at me the whole time.)
I put up the new little greenhouse tent, and put the three buckets inside. I planted arugula (rocket and speedy), mache (vit), and spinach (lakeside and New Zealand). Once they sprout I’ll move the buckets back out to grow, maybe on the deck where we’ll get to it easier.
I planted an assortment of onions- (left to right) ringmaster (plants from grange), red carmen (bulbs from grange), assorted bulbs from last year (these were the tiny bulbs I dug up last summer that I grew from seed), assorted winter sown (tiny) seedlings, yellow spanish (plants from grange).
Winter sowing
I cut the top off a couple of juice jugs, added some drainage and soil and water and onion seeds. Hopefully i get some .
I also moved a couple of the Stunted greens into season starters to see if that does anything.
Better today.
It rained last night, and now it’s safer to breathe. I did some planting for fall stuff
Couple of spinaches in one bucket, more mache (vit) in the other. (I switched, so there might be some cross contamination.) Looks like I planted “New Zealand spinach” in the spring, so I’m planting that again, and “lakeside”.
Planted more snap peas in upper b.
We also did some cleanup.
And put favas in west e.