The dahlias are out of the greenhouse, and I’ve switched it over to the net covering, and put that over the brassicas. It’s a bit big for the space, but it’s tall enough, so we’ll see how it goes this year. The bottom doesn’t have a complete seal, so I’ve piled up the straw at […]

Planting out is done. Thankfully, everything got through the nor’easter on Thursday intact, and I’ve filled up the rest of the back bed. I do still need to move the dahlias out of the greenhouse – I’ll do that tomorrow. I can then move that over the brassicas, and switch it over to the net

Did some planting after work today. Not because the weather was great, but because it’s going to get worse, and I really need to get things in the ground by Monday at the latest. So everything I thought would ok in the ground went in today. The remaining small pots have totes at the ready

The brassicas are in the ground. Which really should have happened a couple weeks ago. My winter sown broccoli looks great, and I had a single kale and single romesco. So I bought some more kale to pad that out. But I had to deal with this: It took me two days to dig out

Garden activity is starting to ramp up. I got the dahlias out in the pots on my lunch break on Thursday. I did have to get rid of one (cactus Tamboro), which had molded. Only some had sprouted, and all of them had when I planted last year, so we’ll see if that bodes ill.

First seedling haul of the season: the yellow dahlia we like for the front bed, bidens (also for the front bed), basil, oregano and alyssum. I also got some zucchini seeds. They’re outside for now, but I will be keeping an eye out to make sure it doesn’t get too cold at night.

The front bed is clear of its winter leaf bed, and holy god are there a lot of maple seedlings! I always expect to see some, but I swear, it’s a regular carpet right now. I don’t remember a bumper crop of helicopters last year, but there apparently was one.

Things are coming together. It’s warming up (like we left the heat off overnight a few nights this week.) I’ve got the hose out, and today, I set up the dahlia greenhouse. I need to check on the dahlias and see if they’re waking up yet. I don’t want them out until sometime in May,

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