Wait!

Okay, realizing I was weeks to a month ahead of usual tomato and zucchini planting, I located some cloches and made other protection. The blue sky was only for a moment.  Otherwise, today was rainy, overcast, windy and cool. We will see if the plants will forgive me. 

Into the Ground

The tomatoes were looking good and strong enough time move to the garden. The warm morning encouraged me but then it cooled off so I hope they don’t protest. The zucchini starts and the remaining broccoli and chard went into the ground outside the cloche too.  All four beds are weeded and mulched. Happy to see the tadpoles in the pond, too. 

Springtime at Home

It has been a treat to be home and see the flower progression stages more than I usually have a chance to notice. 

Garden Visitor

I walked out to the garden today and noticed signs of a visitor in the old Petunia's Garden and all the way out to the new Petunia's Garden. Fortunately, I recruited a garden watchman who will be on duty starting today.  Introductions soon.

He walked right through the half I dug on Friday. I'll finish digging today.  Fortunately, he found nothing to eat! 

Seedlings!

I planted seeds on Easter and placed them in the ‘seed oven’ under the sink. We noticed they sprouted on Wednesday!  Purple sprouting broccoli and mixed lettuce. 

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! Breakfast, church service and a nice day to be outside.  We found the parts to the “covered wagon” cloche from some years ago.  It is a good fit for one of the newer beds and for the peas, broccoli and Swiss chard.  I won’t be able to move tomorrow, but that’s ok.
Started seeds for lettuce and purple sprouting broccoli and upsized the tomato pots.

April Evening

I’m sitting in the sunny spot in front of the garage with my vegetable plants.  Some of them will get planted tomorrow. They will go back to the garage window tonight.  Photo is from last night pre-blackberry destruction.

2020 Garden List

Beans seeds-Purple bush.  Sprouted first, and to the garden 6/5
Bok Choy seedlings have sprouted.  To the garden soon. (it is supposed to be ok with some shade)
Borage-planted seeds 4/25, planted. Also a couple self-sowed seedlings in garden.

Broccoli plants-Packman. Planted in cloche, others planted 4/26. Withstands heat
Broccoli seeds-Purple Sprouting, sprouted and still in seedling tray.

Calendula seeds sprouted and planted in garden

Cilantro plants-planted in garden 4/25. Light: part shade 3-6 hrs.
Lettuce seeds-sprouted and still in seedling tray, harvesting mid May

Okra has sprouted in starter pots!  To the garden later in June?

Pumpkin, small pie type-planted seed 4/25. Additional seedlings into the garden 6/8
Patty Pan squash-planted seeds 4/25, now in the garden

Radish seeds planted 5/16, sprouting 5/19

Rhubarb - moved starts from old garden area to new garden area.

Snap Peas plants-Sugar Sprint.  Vines grow to 24" plant 4-6" apart. Early, stringless, edible pods

flowering by mid-May and few small pods harvested.
Snap Peas - planted seeds 5/16 to fill in gaps

Swiss Chard plants-Bright Lights.  Plant 4-6" apart in rows 12-18 '' apart. some in cloche, others planted 4/26. Mid May-eating.

Sunflowers-planted seeds 4/25, planted in garden

I had upsized the tomato pots for awhile and planted them in the garden 4/26 with plastic covering.
A Tomato plant-Sweet Million

B Tomato plant-Yellow Pear Heirloom Variety
C Tomato plant-Sun Gold
E Tomato plant-Sun Gold

(letters are for the labels used in the garden)

Zucchini-Spineless Beauty, bush-type plant.  Seedlings planted in the garden 4/26

Perennials/other returning or added:

Hot Lips Sage, perennial, a few leaves showing 5/15

Lady's Mantle (alchemilla mollis) perennial, sun/part shade.

Coneflower (echinacea hybrida "Cheyenne Spirit", perennial. deer resistant, moist, full sun

Rudbeckia fulgida Goldstrum

Dianthus, perennial. On patio, fragrant. Cold tolerant. Well-drained, lime-enrichged soil

Lemon Thyme, part shade 3-6 hrs

Spanish Lavender, Lavandula "Anouk Silver"

Spiraea thunbergii "Ogon" Mellow Yellow Spiraea-height to 4 ifeet hardy to -25 deg. full sun

A Sit in the Sun

Holding onto the daily walk.  And pulled out a chair in time to still sit in the sun. 

A Walk with Friends

The trees are buzzing with the bees filling their pollen baskets. Our hill trail crosses with someone else’s trail. And the frogs have eggs in the pond. ...my alone but not alone walk.

Hillside Revisited

Day count is at 3 for hillside blackberry clearing (part of it in the left side in the photo). We trimmed up a path to keep the hillside accessible.  It has been years since we did much on the hill.  On non-rainy days, hiking around on the hill will be a nice way to stretch my legs. Glad to see the cherry tree blossoms are not too discouraged by the beatings of rain and hail in the past two weeks.   

See this link to 2006 hillside
See this link for plannings