and I know all the reasons we need to do it! I just don't like deciding who stays and who goes! They're all precious to me...I've raised them! In this case, I waited too long to thin the radishes...but it was a happy mistake. These have provided beautiful garnishes for this weekend's meals. Let's hope the others, left in the ground, will plump up and become beautiful little globes.
It pays to have muscle....
when mulching the raised beds! A bale of this cut grass literally rolled down onto our property, getting stuck in the sumac, when neighbors were mowing last year.
Blueberries the size of nickels?
That might be a slight exaggeration. But we know that these recently planted bushes will be loaded with antioxidants, fiber, vitamin K, manganese and vitamin C. And there's nothing quite like picking your breakfast right from the tree!
It's official!
I'm going to be a grandmother! Happy Mother's Day, Grace!
Happy Birthday Jason!
We miss you! But you are in our thoughts and hearts this year as we plant our gardens!
Row 7
My seeds arrived from this exciting new seed company! Row 7 was created by chefs and seed breeders to put flavor at the center of any seed development. They describe it as "a collaboration—a cross-pollination—based on a simple premise: we believe flavor can succeed where commodification has failed. That it can change how we eat and, in turn, how we grow." Can't wait to get these in the ground!
Oh what a beautiful morning...
Sunny, warm, and breezy...with the scent of spring everywhere. A perfect day to plant a garden!
Grow a garden...
...and think of Jason!
Gopher...mole...or vole...
or perhaps someone who is thinking about a putting green? As always, there are more questions than answers in this farming game!
Finally!
Here, John is starting to tackle the job of planting onions, leeks and potatoes!
My onions are really wanting to go in the ground!
I have 5 trays of onions and leeks waiting to be transplanted. These seedlings have had their third haircut! Hopefully next weekend, the weather will be more cooperative!
This can't be spring!
This past weekend we had it all...snow, sleet & hail!
Can't plant peas yet.....
...then we'll have to eat them instead. John made James Beard's recipe of pasta with peas and asparagus! Delicious!
Really.....?
Planting peas will have to wait! No planting today!
It's time to plant peas!
The trellises are in place, so we are ready to plant our peas next week. Peas use tendrils to climb the trellis. These thin, wiry structures along the plant's stem actually wave around until they come in contact with something they can grab onto. Once they've made contact (and in this case, with the netting) the tendrils curl and form coils, allowing the plant to pull on the support. Kathy LaLiberte, in her article on How Plants Climb, likens it to a rock climber in need of footholds in the form of horizontal supports. Peas enjoy the cool weather of spring and will be finished with their harvest and ready to be pulled out to make way for tomato plants at the end of May.