I recently had planted nine of the strongest spinach plants into the garden last week and I had 11 that I wanted to place by the end of this week at the latest. Yesterday I completed putting the rest into the garden and only took about a couple of hours.
I probably could have waited a little bit longer for the plants to grow more roots in order to make it easier to take them out of the containers. Most of them seemed to come out pretty easily. (more…)
Just wanted to keep you up to date on my garden especially on the plant progress that many have gone through. They have been doing quite good over the past couple of weeks now that the sun is out more and the weather is definitely getting warmer.
It is still not time to plant them in the ground, but placing them outside is what I have been doing the past couple of weeks. When the time comes they will be ready to make the transition into the ground with ease. (more…)
Some good news on the onion front they have begun to start sprouting this week and I noticed this today. They probably began sprouting earlier in the week, but I didn’t have a look at them until today. Both the onions in totes and the ones in the garden are both sprouting.
I wasn’t so sure how long it would take for the ones in the ground to begin growing because it is much different soil than what is in the totes. I am glad that they have started growing at the same time and I can easily compare their growth rates through the summer. (more…)
Today was one of the first days where you could tell that spring was in the air and warmer weather is right around the corner. It was exciting to have warmer weather because this means much work needs to be done in order to prepare for the coming season.
One of the first things that I thought I should take care of would be the blueberries. They are very simple to maintain and all they needed was a quick weed along with some raking of many leaves that had collected over the fall. (more…)
I had planted cucumbers about a couple of weeks ago into small black pots that would be perfect for them. Unfortunately I only was able to plant three pots of them. Today I decided to use the spare fluorescent light used for the spinach and plant some more cucumbers.
The spinach plants have been hardening outside for the past few weeks and they will not need any more fluorescent light and can now rely on the sun. This extra one was used to plant cucumbers and more flowers. (more…)
The first of April is usually when I begin planning on putting onions into the garden. In fact I love placing them in totes which is how I grow onions from year to year with good success.
With cooler but warm enough weather for onions to survive right now was a perfect time to get them into totes. I even planted some in the ground as well since I had plenty of onion bulbs left.
This week has been quite interesting with all the sprouting of many of my seeds that were grown this past month. I am finally seeing spinach beginning to grow and it only took the entire month of March to do so. It would be better if they started sprouting a week or two ago, but it is better late than never.
Most of my flowers have began sprouting including sunflowers, calendula, Queen Anne’s lace, amaranthus, cosmos, dill, alyssum, and much more. Both lettuce types have began sprouting as well. (more…)
Just wanted to let you know that I decided on planting tomatoes a little bit earlier than last season. This year I want to make sure that I get plenty of Roma tomatoes that I can then use to make sauces that I can then store for the Winter.
I thought last years tomatoes were real good and instead of getting all new tomatoes I just purchased the same hybrid seeds I got last season. This includes the Roma super sauce and Steakhouse varieties. If it isn’t broken then don’t fix it is what I say. (more…)
The more flowers in the garden the more chances you have of getting happy honeybees to pollinate your plants. That is what I was thinking about today and sunflowers are the perfect ones to attract all types of bees including honeybees.
Cosmos are flowers that continuously grow throughout the season and will produce lovely blooms that are high in nectar and will be able to feed some of the most beneficial insects that you will receive. (more…)
I actually decided on planting my watermelon seeds earlier than I usually do in order to get the best head start possible. I will probably stick with three plants as long as three out of the six seeds I planted today sprout.
Carolina cross are some of the largest watermelons that you can grow and starting them inside is the only way that you can get a really good size watermelon. I am also planting them in large green pots instead of using peat pots this year. Something I am trying and I will see if it was worth the effort. (more…)
