Things I’m doing now here on the South Alabama farm:
1. Getting ready to plant 6 very low chill apple trees, six peach trees, and five blueberry bushes. Got the holes augered out and awaiting cooler weather. All the trees and bushes were bought on sale last summer, so have spent their first nine months in pots.
2. Plowed up the upper garden to plant Irish potatoes. I had a real great crop last year and I have many soft sprouters left over.
3. Added a ton of leaves, pine straw, wood chips and mowed grass on top of the lower garden beds. I need to rototill it all in, once the soil dries out a little. The existing soil is mud when it rains and dries like a brick. It needs lots of extra tilth!
4. Planted inside cabbages, broccoli, and kale last month. These are ready to go out in a few more weeks. Collards planted last Fall eaten by deer, but a couple of them are sprouting back. I just covered these with chicken wire this morning to keep the deer out!
I rarely report here weekly, but just wanted to give a seasonal update for the record.
Thanks for the update! Sounds like my garden chores come May.
We Yankees are JEALOUS of your long growing season. ;)
You are ambitious! Come to my house!