I finally got some potatoes, and I transferred them to a box to warm up. Will plant when the rain stops. We are starting to clear off the back patio where we will put up the green house sometime this summer or fall.
I have been doing research on solar heating green house information to incorporate into the space. Hubby has potatoes, onions, and beets planted. He planted a lot more beets this year - pickled beets are his new favorite food.
Hope all is going well with everyone. Prayers up for all. Have a great weekend. God Bless.
Pinging the List.
Well...I’ve started my herb seeds!
Hi greeneyes!
Dayglored here from Upstate NY (Ithaca area). My wife is an avid and experienced gardener; me, not so much, but I do love all the wonderful “li’l green growin’ things” she manages to get going around the homestead.
Would you be so kind as to add me to the Garden Thread Ping List (I’m the FReeper of the family), and I’ll happily relay comments and questions.
We’ve got tons of daffies and tulips coming up now that the snow is over (knock on wood!), the little spruce trees she started last year mostly made it through their first winter, and a lot of the beautiful flowers and ornamentals appear to have escaped total devastation by the local rabbit population.
So it’s looking like a good year ahead, and I look forward to sharing with you and the rest of the Garden Thread crew.
Thanks and God Bless,
Dayglored
Wet, wet, wet in Central Missouri this week and if the weather guessers are right there’s more to come over the next few days. I was hoping to build some board fence this weekend but I think I’ll wait for things to dry up a bit before I start on that.
I mulched half of my yukon gold taters with wheat straw after work yesterday. I need another four bales to finish. I’ll pick those up at the feed store tomorrow morning.
Picked a few radishes today. The asparagus patch is going crazy. I’ve been picking every three days for the last three weeks. The cabbage/broccoli/cauliflowers that I set out a couple weeks ago are starting to look happy again. They weren’t very happy at first. I don’t think they’d been properly hardened off at the nursery.
I’m pleasantly surprised by the amount of fruit that’s set on my orchard trees. A couple of the plum trees got frosted and aren’t going to make anything, but the peaches and the nectarine are loaded. The apple and pear trees are super loaded.
Things are looking up.
I’m using Lady Bender’s laptop as my new Mac won’t be here until Thursday so no photos for a while. The rains have stopped and the sun came out here on Humboldt Bay but now we are having typical strong spring winds which will help dry the soil a bit. I pre sprouted 200 corn seed 4 days go and planted them into Styrofoam Speedling trays in the greenhouse this morning. I hope I didn’t jump the gun as I normally transplant to the garden until the end of May...
Continuing to suffer for my impatience.
I put new zucchini seedlings in the ground. Hopefully these will take. Out of about 100 spinach seeds I planted I maybe have 12 actual plants. But they are not dead yet. So there’s hope. The pepper seedlings will be able to go in the ground probably in another couple of weeks. I will need a new raised bed for them.
This past week has just SUCKED! Mother Nature is throwing a hissy-fit this week. Slushy snow, cool temps, and WIND like there’s no tomorrow!
I’ve been moving my tomato and pepper plants outside during the day, but the SUN isn’t even shining. Grrrr! They live on the Dining Room table at night...poor kittens!
We really haven’t been doing much outside, other than running between the house and the barn when forced to do chores!
Inside activities have included laundry, cleaning, painting the Pantry, and I started some more seedlings...though where I’ll go with them is anybody’s guess at this point!
Enough! Uncle! Mother Nature is so MEAN! She gets you all excited for Spring, then pulls the rug right out from under you and bops you on the head. ;)
This is ONLY my 56th Spring; I’m STILL not used to Spring in Wisconsin, LOL!
Beets are VERY nutritious and are way tasty when pickled. Or Harvard beet style. People don’t respect the beet! The drawback to growing beets is that they are labor intensive to rinse clean, and they tend to stain things during processing.
They are very easy to grow and the baby greens are very nutritious.
Greetings from southern New Hampshire! Our bog filter is set up and ready for plants. I still need to rake and till the raised beds in Barb’s section of the garden. Her seedlings are going like gang busters!
I saved a goodly number of seeds from that Indian Squash I got from the tribe in Minnesota. They are dried and I plan to put them in my “Three Sisters” plots.
Weather has improved. Need to service my pertly stove for next year, but am going up to our trailer tomorrow to open it up and get it ready for opening day.
Tomatoes and peppers are in the ground. Asparagus is now going to seed in preparation for next season. Dug up a horseradish root just to see how it is doing after three years. HUGE!