Wednesday, April 11, 2018

 

April is the planting month where we live, there always seems to be a march surprise, so just to make sure I plant the starts in April. 

You can hardly see the little Pepper plants buried in the mulch. The vines on the left are snow peas planted in March.

Below are tomatoes plants I took a chance and planted in March, they are doing very well so far, 



The blueberries are formed and now just need the time to ripen.







The Blackberries below are full of blooms and will be ripe before the blueberries


 

The asparagus has emerged as the soil got a little warmer.
it looks like a great crop coming up!







The squash below is taking hold, it is one of the first to produce fruit. I cover them at first with a light cloth to keep the stem worms from taking hold. and once the moths are gone I uncover them to start producing flowers to get pollinated.


I love the way the row covers create a private space for the plants. these are beets that are looking really good, as long as the nematodes don't get them again!!




Below a lowly spinach, not a great season for that .

Saturday, April 7, 2018


 Richard is creating rock borders to create more definition around the trees to separate the driveway from the flower beds.









Wednesday, March 7, 2018

Getting the garden ready for planting


This has been a mild winter. The greens and broccoli have been very productive. The asparagus has not shown up yet, not quite warm enough.







The onions are in really late, we will see what they do....




The blueberries below are looking great, The row we planted on the left is getting rooted in their new environment.