I have finally finished moving the old compost pile away from the fence to the new pile. It helped that the remains shrunk quite a bit over the winter, so I was able to knock the rest out in about 45 minutes in the hour and a half between when I get done with work […]

I’ve actually done two rounds of planting since I last checked in – all of the surviving seedlings are now in larger pots. I need to do something about my marigold starts. I’m not having good luck in the pods. I may try those in larger flats next year, and prick them out into these

The dahlia over-wintering experiment continues. I’d like to be able to plant them right into the large pots I use, since I managed to kill one transplanting them up last year. But, I really do need to start them sooner rather than later to get them to a good size. So we’ll see if this

(I am massively behind on my April entries…) I did my first round of planting up seedlings on the 17th. This is the dahlias and eggplant.

I did get my last batch of seeds in on Saturday, so I’m doing as much Spring work as I can. I’m itching to get out and do some yard work, but the back yard is currently soup.

Well, snow’s gone again. At least for a little while. We’re apparently going to get a nor’easter next week, so it’s just a question of where that sets up to see if we get snow or rain. At least if it snows in April, it tends to melt quickly. I did finally get into the

Got my first batch of seeds in yesterday. This is mainly notable for what was happening outside. We no longer have a lack of snow on the ground. In fact, after snowing all day yesterday, it turned to rain overnight, and we woke up with all this lovely ice this morning. I really hate this

So, first day of March, and the garden has no snow on it. (Could have said the same thing for the last day of February – we had rain on Wednesday that got rid of almost all the snow. What’s left is in very shady corners.) I have never made a secret of not being

I had full intentions of getting seaweed and spreading it over the garden with compost and then covering that with straw. But it continues to be wet at the times I would actually be able to go out and do anything. We may or may not be getting our first measurable snow tonight (the latest

Well, Fall definitely happened. We are no longer in the land of weirdly warm temps. I’ve been going out in my lunch hour and clearing out the back bed. The greens are still out, and I really need to de-strawberry everything, but I’m ready to get some seaweed, empty out the compost barrel, and straw