Diary 4/12/11

Cold, but sunny.  Weeding and cleaning up around greenhouses.  Have to make another batch of soil, and then that may carry me through for quite awhile.  Just using 2 parts compost(very old and stable compost), 2 parts peat moss, and 1 part Perlite.  That's it.  That is the good ole soil mix I have used for years with success.  So back to basics.  Cherry plum is blooming.  It makes small fruit that can be used for mindless snacking (say instead of chips, for instance).  They are ready whenever the summer Olympics time of year is, second week of August-ish.  This year will be different, though.  Everything will be late.