Cool season lettuce is the first leaves to be harvested this year. Normally spinach is first, but lettuce is just as good and can be used for many dishes. It is always to have lettuce fresh from the garden for salads because this way you can enjoy the full flavor of your hard work. (more…)
Today was more about transplanting my flowers to the garden. They have been outside for a little bit short of a month and that is plenty of time to be sure that the weather will not affect them from here on till the end of the season. I got all my dill, wildflowers, and some alyssum added to the garden. (more…)
It is pretty much the month of May once this day is over and that means it is time for tilling. This obviously depends on the weather and normally I plan to till the garden in the month of May, but usually not the first day of the month. This year was a little bit different and I wanted to start as soon as possible. (more…)
I won’t be removing all of the plants, but I will be basically eliminate some of them to make room for the strongest in the row. Luckily I don’t have to remove as much because both plants do not need that much room to grow and thrive. (more…)
Now that I have most of the plants that I need planted indoors it is time to start the two last ones of the season. I used peat pots to plant up to six seeds of zucchini and pumpkins. My squash plants are always the last to be planted indoors. (more…)
A quick update on some of the seeds I had planted in the garden a couple of weeks ago. Both my peas and radishes are now showing signs of life with some sprouting within the rows. Let’s take a look at what they look like when they first pop up through the soil. (more…)
It feels more and more like spring with all the warm weather that should be arriving this entire week. Since all this warm weather is coming I thought today would be perfect to add all my strawberries into the garden. (more…)
Sunny skies and warm weather means it is time to start planting onions and some other cold weather plants including lettuce. Although it is the beginning of April there still might be some cold days ahead. All that is needed is some row covers to protect your plants from a late frost. (more…)
This week is supposed to be cool, but with high enough temperatures that I can start planting most of my cool weather seeds. I still have to plant the last of my seed potatoes and transplant my lettuce into the garden, but getting these four seeds into the garden is a big chunk of the cool weather season. (more…)
I got some tilling done yesterday which is mainly for the spring plants that I will be placing outside. Lettuce is one of those plants and the rest are going to be from seed. I will plant seeds of peas, radish, celery, and potatoes. (more…)
