Well I managed to get one rhubarb into the ground yesterday. One survived the winter of the four that I dug up from the old garden. That one was in a 3-gallon pot and was root-bound like crazy. It had been looking really good until the weather started to heat up a week or so back.
I dug a whopper hole and put about a foot of compost in the bottom, knocked most of the soil off the root ball, loosened up the roots, socked it in the ground, made sure the crown was sitting well above grade, filled the hole and finished off the mound with more compost.
I hope this one survives the reset. I probably could have divided it but I decided as stressed as it already was to skip that step and hope for the best. I’ve got four new ones from the nursery that are in gallon pots. Those will be pretty quick to set if it’s not raining after I get done at the salt mine today.
After the little bit of work I’ve done in the new patch it’s become apparent that I need to build a new potting shed. Right now I’m borrowing the hay stall in the barn to store my tools, but that’s just a little too far from the garden gate to be handy, and I have to mind the horses unless I shut them up in the arena.
It’s likely to take me all summer to get things set up so I can be semi-efficient with my movement while working out there but since this will likely be the last garden I develop I don’t mind taking a little time to build it the way I want.
“It’s likely to take me all summer to get things set up so I can be semi-efficient with my movement while working out there but since this will likely be the last garden I develop I don’t mind taking a little time to build it the way I want.”
Amen to that! My Gardening Goals are in line with yours. Luckily, my Greenhouse is roomy enough to allow storage for tools and fertilizers and sprinklers and such. I use the bottom shelves (they don’t get enough light anyway) and keep things in lidded totes so I can just water everything with the hose when needed, if it’s not time for fertilizing.
After we get through this next rainy weekend, I should be able to get everything planted and the greenhouse will be empty for the most part, save some potted herbs. Then I can clean it out - AGAIN! That seems to be a never-ending process for sure. ;)