We’re at a two day high of 36 here. Grey and nasty. I went out earlier to water the pups, and it was misting a rain so fine that I couldn’t see it.
We have a few volunteer green onions coming up, about 6in tall from last year. Maybe they will be better this year.
My seeds, well, I dont have any sprouting, but one, a Boxcar Willie tomato. I suppose that is my fault for breaking my established routine. If I get no more sprouts, I will just buy more starts at the garden center when we go in about three weeks. Maybe I need the room in the garden to try some other things this year.
Variety is the spice of life they say. I always like to plant a few different things each year to see how they do.
Last year I did sunflower seeds, peanuts, and amaranth. The slugs loved them, but hit the sunflower seeds the hardest. I planted the sunflowers too early, and they didn’t do well, so I reseeded when the weather was warmer.
They did great till the slugs hit. They chewed them all down so quick, I just gave up. I put out beer in tuna cans, and the slugs left the peanuts and amaranth alone.
Hubby made a new bed for the amaranth. I am going to plant several beds of peanuts this year. I am going to have to find a better spot for the sunflowers, though.
My new thing this year is going to be deck corn, and the planting pots like Marcella got. Haven’t decided what will go in them yet.