Yesterday I planted 5 hills (maybe 6) of potatoes. These were sprouted potatoes that mom had when we were there Easter.
I planted the half dozen sweet onion sets that mom had given me at Easter too. I put those in the back box garden between two rows of green onions.
Before Easter, I planted more sugar snap peas. I planted on the north and east side of the garden and around the fenced box garden. I had soaked way more seeds than I needed so I put a bunch on the south side of the garden. Don't know if any will grow there or not.
I am wondering if my peas don't do so well because of the garlic chives? I'm working at getting rid of them all around the garden.
Peas are up 4 inches or so.
I find it funny that I carefully planted the peas that has sprouted from soaking. Then there were like 20 left in the bin and I had kind of run out places that I had planned to plant. I put all of the peas in a small row because I didn't necessarily expect them to grow. A bunch of them sprouted and they are taller than the ones that are individually planted!
6-May-14
Potatoes are not up yet. Though in another part of the garden, there were some growing. I was pulling out black eyed Susan and realized that there were potatoes!
Thursday, April 24, 2014
Sunday, April 13, 2014
Daffodils are still blooming
I was really hoping that my daffodils were still going to look nice when we got home and they are beautiful! Thank you God for allowing me to see them. The hyacinth smell amazing. The pink daffodils are not up yet. It's supposed to freeze tonight and be cold for a few days so we will enjoy those later!
The Grape hyacinth look great under the oak tree and the phlox is starting to bloom too.
We mowed some and I cut grass around the garden, but haven't worked in the garden. There are peas and beets up where we planted them. I want to plant some potatoes soon.
Oh, and I saw some tiny tiny little asparagus spears!
The sugar snap peas did not come up. The seeds were in the garage all winter so I didn't know if that made a difference where the other pea seeds were in the frig.
The area where the pine tree used to be and where I had chickpeas last year received a deluge while we were gone. I need to pick rocks out of there again before I attempt to plan anything. I hope that all of the good stuff that I put there didn't just wash away.
We mowed some and I cut grass around the garden, but haven't worked in the garden. There are peas and beets up where we planted them. I want to plant some potatoes soon.
Oh, and I saw some tiny tiny little asparagus spears!
The area where the pine tree used to be and where I had chickpeas last year received a deluge while we were gone. I need to pick rocks out of there again before I attempt to plan anything. I hope that all of the good stuff that I put there didn't just wash away.
Thursday, March 27, 2014
no peas up
no peas are up yet...
daffodils are just starting to show buds...so sad that we are going to miss them!
daffodils are just starting to show buds...so sad that we are going to miss them!
Monday, March 24, 2014
More digging and planting
All eight bags of stuff are mixed in the ground! I'm proud of myself for not letting it sit around forever.
On the south side of the house, the two bins of compost from the compost site were dumped. One by the water faucet and the other by the rain barrel near the screened in porch.
I used the pitchfork and turned the soil over in those areas. By the rain barrel there were lilies coming up!
By the faucet, I planted yellow onion sets. I can't remember if I planted them deep or not. The packaging said to plant three inches deep for green onions and not very deep for bigger onions.
In the fenced in box garden, I added the bin full of leaves and other stuff that I had taken from the compost pile.
I planted four rows of beets. The two rows closest to the house were the early variety. The other two rows were the other variety.
I planted some onions in there too.
The back box garden got two bags of stuff - compost and peat hummus in half of it. I planted two rows of onions - one deep and close together. The other more shallow and farther apart.
(The other half has radish and spinach growing.)
I planted sugar snap peas to the west of the compost bin. These seeds were in the garage all winter. I soaked them since Friday in water. The seeds had plumped up but they were not sprouting quite yet. I don't know if they will come up or not.
I watered with a hose from the rain barrel the peas on the garden. I didn't completely soak them because it will freeze tonight and I didn't know if that would hurt them. I carried buckets of water to other places that I have planted because it's not rained for a week.
Not sure what other spring garden I will do. I have some onion sets left. Have lots of beet seeds.
On the south side of the house, the two bins of compost from the compost site were dumped. One by the water faucet and the other by the rain barrel near the screened in porch.
I used the pitchfork and turned the soil over in those areas. By the rain barrel there were lilies coming up!
By the faucet, I planted yellow onion sets. I can't remember if I planted them deep or not. The packaging said to plant three inches deep for green onions and not very deep for bigger onions.
In the fenced in box garden, I added the bin full of leaves and other stuff that I had taken from the compost pile.
I planted four rows of beets. The two rows closest to the house were the early variety. The other two rows were the other variety.
I planted some onions in there too.
The back box garden got two bags of stuff - compost and peat hummus in half of it. I planted two rows of onions - one deep and close together. The other more shallow and farther apart.
(The other half has radish and spinach growing.)
I planted sugar snap peas to the west of the compost bin. These seeds were in the garage all winter. I soaked them since Friday in water. The seeds had plumped up but they were not sprouting quite yet. I don't know if they will come up or not.
I watered with a hose from the rain barrel the peas on the garden. I didn't completely soak them because it will freeze tonight and I didn't know if that would hurt them. I carried buckets of water to other places that I have planted because it's not rained for a week.
Not sure what other spring garden I will do. I have some onion sets left. Have lots of beet seeds.
Friday, March 21, 2014
more planting
Last night I bought four bags of composted cow manure and four bags of peat hummus and one big bag of peat moss.
I added one bag of each and some peat moss to the box garden closest to the driveway and mixed it all in.
The peas that didn't get planted on Saturday were mostly sprouted in the container in the garage so I planted four rows of seeds that had little roots coming out of them. Most were less than 1cm.
I dumped the 20 or so that weren't sprouted in one of the rows. Don't know if they will do anything.
Put one bag of each where the pine tree died and tried chickpeas last year. Did a lot of digging and pull out a gallon of rocks!
Planted some carrots and spinach there.
Where I threw some radish seeds down on the frozen ground on 15th of Feb, there are sprouts.
Tried to get to the bottom of the compost pile today. Not much composted. Still a big layer of grass that didn't do anything. Rebuilt it and tried to break up the layer. Added a few gallons of water and used the pitch fork to drill in lots of holes.
Need to put some dirt on the top I think to get something going from the top. More water tomorrow too.
I added one bag of each and some peat moss to the box garden closest to the driveway and mixed it all in.
The peas that didn't get planted on Saturday were mostly sprouted in the container in the garage so I planted four rows of seeds that had little roots coming out of them. Most were less than 1cm.
I dumped the 20 or so that weren't sprouted in one of the rows. Don't know if they will do anything.
Put one bag of each where the pine tree died and tried chickpeas last year. Did a lot of digging and pull out a gallon of rocks!
Planted some carrots and spinach there.
Where I threw some radish seeds down on the frozen ground on 15th of Feb, there are sprouts.
Tried to get to the bottom of the compost pile today. Not much composted. Still a big layer of grass that didn't do anything. Rebuilt it and tried to break up the layer. Added a few gallons of water and used the pitch fork to drill in lots of holes.
Need to put some dirt on the top I think to get something going from the top. More water tomorrow too.
Monday, March 17, 2014
Radishes
Radishes are coming up from the planting the week of Valentine's Day. It was getting dark, but I knew that there were radishes, I'm not sure about anything else.
I hope to get some beets out this week. According to the plant with the moon it's time to plant things that grow under the ground now. I got m peas out on the last day it was good to plan them!
I hope to get some beets out this week. According to the plant with the moon it's time to plant things that grow under the ground now. I got m peas out on the last day it was good to plan them!
Saturday March 15
My family cleaned the leaves off the fenced in garden during the week.
One rosemary plant did not survive.
I had forgotten to tell them about the thyme and then I smelled it. It looks great!
In the original garden I used the pitch fork and turned up about 6 inches of dirt and broke up the clots.
Lots of great earth worms.
I planted four rows of Alaskan peas. I started soaking them on Friday morning. The seeds have been in my frig since last year. I hope that they come up.
On the south side of the house a few daffodils were starting to have blossoms. Sunday morning in the sleet I picked 5 of them and brought them into the house. One was starting open and another one was beyond a simple bud.
Today (Monday) three of them are open and the other two are opening. I hope the other daffodils around the house decide to hurry up or slow down so I get to see their blooms.
One rosemary plant did not survive.
I had forgotten to tell them about the thyme and then I smelled it. It looks great!
In the original garden I used the pitch fork and turned up about 6 inches of dirt and broke up the clots.
Lots of great earth worms.
I planted four rows of Alaskan peas. I started soaking them on Friday morning. The seeds have been in my frig since last year. I hope that they come up.
On the south side of the house a few daffodils were starting to have blossoms. Sunday morning in the sleet I picked 5 of them and brought them into the house. One was starting open and another one was beyond a simple bud.
Today (Monday) three of them are open and the other two are opening. I hope the other daffodils around the house decide to hurry up or slow down so I get to see their blooms.
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