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
It was in the 70s the weekend before last. So of course, I was away, and therefore had to put the garden to bed in 30’s November weather yesterday. I suppose it could have been worse – I did see the forecast, so avoided doing it today in the 20 degree wind chill and snow
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We have had frost the last two mornings, so today’s gardening was done in the afternoon, after things warmed up. (It’s gorgeous right now – we have all the south facing windows open to take advantage of the 60-degree temps.) The big thing for today – the trellis is down. This was mostly done so
Well, it happened. There was a frost last night. I spent a good chunk of time today pulling out the zinnias, zucchini, peppers, basil, tomatoes and some of the tender annuals. I had been planning on pulling out the tomatoes this weekend anyway – the ones that weren’t splitting just weren’t very nice anymore. But
New windows = everything had to be pulled away from any wall in the house, so putting things back gave me a good opportunity to clean up the houseplants. (I also have three peace lilies to the right of the frame – they got a looksee as well, but no movement.) I filled a (small)
I swore no more dahlias after I realized I no longer had a way to store them. (With the heat pump install last year, we now have to keep our back room’s door open to get heat in there. It used to just be the end of the line of our furnace circuit, which kept
