May 5, 2009

shhhhh... I planted the tomatoes yesterday. I know, I know, way too early. But I did it anyway. 9 different - 3 cherries (one yellow pear), an early girl, better boy, brandywine, something called Health Kick, a cluster tomato (I think) and something called German Johnson.

May 3, 2009

Planted bed #2 - cut flower garden and onions. Left room for cucumbers and canteloup.
- gazania (orange cream and a multi-stripe)
- Salvia (Victoria Blue)
- Dahlias
- Gerbera Daisy (one)
- something else? (it's dark, I'll look it up tomorrow)
I want to put in some dwarf sunflowers too

3 rows onions, 1/2 yellow, 1/2 red

Planted bed #4 - 1st sowing carrots (nantes), broccoli, peppers, green beans (tendergreen) Left room for tomatoes.

Bed #3 will be corn, pumpkins and runner bean tent.

April 30, 2009

Replaced Montmorency cherry (dead) with a NorthStar. Bought (but haven't planted yet) an Anjou Pear.

April 25, 2009

All the strawberries and rhubarb have been moved to what is now the spring bed. It's full. We've had little rain this spring, though some is expected this weekend. Otherwise, I'm going to have to haul water.

April 22, 2009

3 yards of compost/topsoil mix got dumped today at the end of the driveway. Kids immediately started filling the 2 new raised beds. Yeah!

Hyacinths are going great guns. Critter under the step has started chewing off tulips. I need to get rid of him. Soon.

March 28, 2009

5 Agway bags of garden soil barely dressed 1/2 of the top right bed. But it's covered enough to start planting. 1/2 row each spinach and lettuce, 1 row shell peas, two rows snow peas. Yeah!

It got up to 68º, brilliant sunshine. Most of the snow is gone, but the ground is really only thawed about 3 or 4 inches down.