Well it has been awhile since I've posted something and I appologize to those out there that may be reading my blog. Life gets in the way sometimes and it seems I was busy...not too busy to do some planting and gardening but too busy to sit down and blog about it. So tonight I have a few spare moments. I have lots to say (I think) and lots of pictures to post!
My husband, being the very helping and conscientious kind, built me a salad table and it's perfect. He got all the right materials and even put wheels on it so I can wheel it around the backyard! I have to put 2 more wheels on the one end so it can handle the weight once I add dirt but here is the finished product and my husband wants to put a bar on it to help wheel it around and to hang stuff from if I need to! I can't wait to start planting in it!!!! I got the general plan from
Martha Stewart.
So I planted my peas out in the garden March 27. It was warm and sunny and was perfect to plant...I have added a couple bags of triple mix into my garden (as it was just topsoil and some compost) but I figured I'd give it some bulk by adding the triple mix. Seems to be doing good so far. All of my 32 Pea plants that I planted are up now and the tricky part is keeping the rabbits away. It hasn't been getting too cold at night but I've been covering my garden with a hoop style house (what the grey tubes are holds up plastic at night) just to keep the critters out. I will have to chop up some dried thai chillies soon to put down to discourage the rabbits, I'll just have to worry about the chipmunks, they seem to enjoy spice. I will have to get them on a trellis, or pea wire soon too, some of them are starting to get pretty tall and sending out their climbers. Maybe one of these nights this week...but once I put that up, I'm not sure how easily they can be covered...
The day after I planted my peas I planted my leeks. It was a cloudy crappy day and was drizzling a bit when I planted, which was perfect. Now I didn't cover them right away and I think they got nipped by frost but I think I may have saved a few...here's hoping. The onion family seems to be my nemesis. They look very very sad, especially next to my lovely peas.
I happened to find an old bag of onion and shallot bulbs and the ones that hadn't gone moldy or squishy, actually had greenery coming from them, so I planted them. I hope they turn out ok and so far so good. At least they look like they are growing and getting greener being outside rather inside my damp cellar.
My crocus' have been blooming the last week with all this beautiful weather we've been having but sadly it is too warm for them and they are just about done. My tulips and daffodils are coming along nicely too.
My lungwart is also blooming like crazy...it is usually one of the first blooming in the garden. The different coloured blooms are so pretty :)
