I planted up two of the three peppers today, and the zinnias. I’m trying to get things planted up as soon as they get true leaves – one of the peppers hasn’t reached that yet, and the talinum and gem marigolds are still very small. I gave up on the sweet peas and nigella. The […]

Winter sowing worked! These are broccoli sprouts. I should note that they’re currently getting buried under more snow, because it’s still March, so of course! But considering I had to pull ice off the tops of the containers to check them when I found these, I think a little snow will be fine. The chives

Indoor seeds are started. It’s a smaller amount this year, due to the winter sowing. (I accepted the risk of having to buy plants if the winter sowing fails.) The snowpack is gone, but it’s not terribly warm yet. The winter sown seeds have not done anything yet, but the online group I’m in has

They have emerged from the snowbank! (The weather decided to markedly warm up last week. We got rain. The snow pack has dramatically shrunk.) Granted, they’re now encased in solid ice right under the covers, which isn’t great. It should be above freezing today, so I’m going to check them later to see if any

Remember those seeds I winter sowed and left out on the back deck before it started snowing? I have no idea how they’re doing – they’re buried under the above. I have to assume nothing has sprouted, because it’s been cold. Like, we had a frozen pipe (that fortunately didn’t burst) one morning cold. We

Hey, look! It’s January, and I’m doing a garden post! I’m giving winter sowing a try this year. Got the seeds in just in time to finally get some snow on the ground again. This method is not meant to have the seeds sprout immediately, it’s to make them hardier when they do sprout. I’m

This is what two bins of seaweed look like on the back bed. I should probably go for some compost as well, but I suspect that (and some new straw) will end up waiting for spring. At least this has been applied so it can start percolating into the ground. The aforementioned two bins. These

I’ve very behind with posting – weekends have been full of the kind of life stuff I don’t tend to document here. But the garden has marched on. We had a killing frost overnight on the 17th – the results are above. We’d actually had a lighter frost a few days before that that everything

For the moment, the garden is still fully alive. The last dahlia has finally bloomed, and everything looks pretty happy, although the deck garden is looking a little sparse with the tomato gone. This will likely change starting tomorrow – regular October weather, ie daily temps topping out maybe near 60, and the possibility of

The garden is puttering along. I’ve had to pull out all but one of the zucchini, and the cucumber as well. But the flowers are doing nicely – the fourth dahlia is set to bloom. That leaves two that haven’t set buds yet, and the new one from this year (the pot on the bottom