Showing posts with label fall planting. Show all posts
Showing posts with label fall planting. Show all posts
Sunday, August 7, 2011
Diary 8/6/11
Blogging a day late again, a sign of the busy times. Worked on more tearing out of old stuff and planting new things for fall. Have moved uphill in this effort so the sun will be there shining even in late September. Planted several rows of spinach. Planted mustard greens, Napa cabbage, choi, and lettuce. These I plant in short rows in the greenhouse where I can monitor their growth until they have two sets of leaves. Then, they go out to their assigned beds. Otherwise, they are often the victims of insects or dryness while they are babies. Tomato crop is coming on as are a second crop of strawberries. Still have deer eating the leaves, but I hope add another layer of fencing to slow them down... Meanwhile, Garden Dog is bored waiting for a good game of Keep Away with his latest stick.
Thursday, March 17, 2011
Diary 3/17
Happy St. Patrick's Day! Visited a friend in the valley today and saw her yard as mine will be sometime-hyacinths, cherry blossoms, and new green leaves on shrubs. I am happy admiring my first daffodil. Still cold, but breaks of sun today. Any sun warms the greenhouses, so it is all good. Quite a few things have popped up, but they need some warmth to flourish. As I see the new peas, it is time to plant some more. I spotted a few carrots, too. In time, it will all grow. Germination is the hard part. Yes, the cauliflower is in the greenhouse now. The hard part is to plant it at the end of summer. It always seems strange to be planting and it can be difficult to tend babies when it is so hot and dry, but when you think about it, the beginning of September has the same day length as early April.
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