This is what happens when you turn your back on the compost pile…
Lasdy Bender’s nephew made this garden bench for his yard…
We have lots of pots of starts in green house waiting for warmer weather to transplant. Shipment of herb plants came in. Tarragon, Rosemary, Thyme, Stevia.
Fruit trees seem to have survived the last frost, still have blooms and bees are investigating. Hoping to get some fruit this year.
Hubby is trying out some yakon this year. Anybody else grow it? Any tips for eating?
Have a great weekend. Prayers up for all. God Bless.
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I started mine today. . One of the things i am trying is lettuce. My gosh what small seeds . It was a tedious plant .
I’m here and will post some our photos soon...
This is what happens when you turn your back on the compost pile…
Lasdy Bender’s nephew made this garden bench for his yard…
Bought a 50 pound sack of Yukon Gold seed potatoes for $16 this week. I’ve cut 50 seed pieces, and than took the eyeless portions to the kitchen. Locally, YG’s go for over $1/pound, so it’s a bargain: use 1/3 in the kitchen, and the seed & any more for the house are ‘free’. LOL
One day after work, I fueled the tiller & chipper-shredder, and both started right up, after sitting idle all winter. I used the tiller to prep a bed, and planted about 75 each yellow onion & garlic sets. That’s in addition to the the fall planted garlic that came up, as well as some volunteers that got missed at harvest last year.
This weekend will see peas, carrots, and potatoes planted, despite a full moon. MAYBE some spinach, too; we’ll see.
Can’t get too ambitious, as we always get hard frosts in May.
I haven’t even done any starts yet because it’s been too cold.
I threw a couple san marzano tomato plants and some squash and cucumber plants in last month. I planted bush peas
and green beans.
Something ate the cucumbers.
Peas sprouted almost overnight but still too cold for green beans or have seeds that are too old.
Trying to keep things alive with sevin dust and slug food.
It’s alive but not thriving due to the cold.
I hope the prolonged cold isn’t going to cause any food shortages.
My lettuce is thriving in this up and down weather. The rain helped it grow as well. Pansies doing very well also. Hoping the lilies will soon poke their shoots above ground soon.
Good morning!
It’s finally springtime in new England! :-)
The weather is gorgeous this morning so I plan on raking up the leaf litter deposited by the last rain storm and plant caladium bulbs and coleous plants. Perfect day for it. Wish I could share the lettuce. There is so much and it is so good!
Fourteen beds and wadda you get? Another day older and deeper in manure!
We got a phone call about 10 P.M. from the Rapid City Post Office, telling me that my bees, which weren’t supposed to be shipped before today, and really not expected to ship until 5/12, had just arrived from Georgia.
They’ll be at our local Post Office Monday morning. I still need to build the platform to place the hive on. At least I have the spot picked, and have materials on hand to do it.
This evening, I got my peas planted, and mulched the garlic & onion sets.
Temps went down to 34 degrees last night in western PA so I brought in the two potted green plants I bought for the patio. Temps for the coming week are still iffy at night although it warms up to the sixties in daytime.
My three hydrangea “sticks” arrived this week. They’re in the refrigerator for now.
The crazy weather continues here in Central Missouri. Hot, then cold, then more hot and more cold. Wind won’t quit, and it’s dry as a bone.
I hit the local garden center over the weekend and bought tomato plants, russian kale, and green cabbages. Got the kale and cabbages planted in the kitchen garden, and potted the tomato plants.
I think I’ll plant pole beans and cucumbers this weekend. Might be a little early for the cukes but I’m going to do it anyway and see what happens.
The green salad I planted last week is coming up. Still haven’t seen the snap peas but they should be up in the next day or three.
Nanner is still sitting in my shop. I cut the gasket on one of the filter canisters when I reinstalled it, so I had to order a new one. That should show up in the next day or two. Hopefully that will be the last thing I need to be back up and running.