While we were gone, I relocated all the house plants to the back room, so we could close the window shades that they were normally in front of. The seedlings and the bedding plants were still under the grow lights, and I didn’t want those window shades open at night with all that light to […]
We had a frost last week, after I stupidly planted out a few of the tender plants I bought last weekend. Lesson learned there. (I covered them – they did survive. Fortunately, it was only four plants.) So the rest of the plants I bought are jammed in with my seedlings under the grow lights,
Tragically, going to Wolfes Neck practically forces us by Estabrook’s in Yarmouth, so here’s today’s haul from there. We got three of the red verbena that did so well up front last summer, a red nicotiana (that looks more robust than the ones I grew last year), a Rozanne geranium, some supplemental Swiss chard, a
So remember how proud I was of myself for resisting the siren call of dahlia tubers? It didn’t last. I got four more colors. I’m thinking I may try storing half of them in my mother’s basement, to insure better winter survival. In other news, I have most of the rest of the seedlings planted
We’ve had a stretch of really blah weather for a bit now, so while there are definite signs of Spring (all of the above pictures are from my backyard), I have not been out doing as much yardwork as I would like. I have plans, but not enough dry hours to accomplish all of them.
It doesn’t look like I did much, but there was a fair amount of garden work done yesterday. I’ve set up the trellis (minus the netting) and moved out the old totes of soil that had brassicas last year, and didn’t get into the shed in time for winter. (The soil is in those two
This was a pleasant sight a couple mornings ago. I planted these in Fall of 2021, nothing came up last Spring. I figured our heavy clay soil had gotten the better of them, so I was pleasantly surprised to see them one morning before work. I did my second round of seeds this morning, after
This is the time of year where it doesn’t seem like much is going on – you can definitely tell where the winter shady bits of the yard are, by the lingering snowpack. But I actually do have a few things going on – I did my first round of planting last week. (In the
We’re finally set to have some sort of wintery precipitation tomorrow, and it’s gotten a little colder. Seemed as good a reason as any to finally put the garden away. So, this morning, things went from the above… to the below. Feels like a crazy end of an era. Things
So this is still my garden, as of last Sunday. I had intended to put it to bed, but it was still so green! I did put the mint away – it was looking pretty scraggly. But the sorrel, chard, thyme, and parsley still look great. Heck, I still have