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Feb 4, 2008 | 3:11 PM PST
Tags: raking , weeds , grass , fertilizer , Swiss Chard , cabbage , garden snails , thyme , golden beet , kohlrabi , peas , radish , romaine
Every year when we have our first big day of outdoor work, I always come away feeling satisfied and of course sore. LOL Thats just part of it. A pair of good sore hands and knowing that you did a good job on the projects you worked on. Todays weather was especially beautiful. Temps got up to 78F with a nice breeze that was sometimes a little gusty. Just a very beautiful day. So outside I went, and outside I stayed, until my stomach insisted that it MUST be fed. I got quite a bit done....so here it is.
I loosed and raked the soil in the second raised bed, removing any weeds and grass along the way. There weren't many weed though. I mixed in fertilizer as well. I planted peas, parsley, kohlrabi, radish, parsnip and romaine lettuce. It may sound like alot, but the way I planted it should work out great.
I transplanted two small Swiss Chard plants that overwintered. They are the Neon Lights variety...so pretty! I put them into the first bed that I had planted peas in last week. I also transplanted a small thyme plant into the same bed, next to another one. Maybe they will make a nice clump of thyme this summer. In that first bed I also finished out the remaining space with some golden beet seed. I would like to try some of those fresh, and roasted. Yummy! Some of the greens that I planted last week are up and I think that the peas are going to be quick to follow.
Baby arugula
Swiss Chard, Neon Lights
The remaining cabbages were picked and cleaned of their holy outer leaves. There were alot of garden snails hangin' around that area. I will have to remember that for this fall.
The flower bed that is near the chickens was in desperate need of attention. I raked(which is what caused the sore hands), pulled out and transplanted, added new plants and bulbs, planted seed, and so on and so on. I think the changes will be great.
This is a clump of baby Shasta Daisies that my girls planted last summer.
Narcissus/Paperwhite buds are coming up.
This oregano has overwintered and stayed green. Its spreading and going up and over the edges of the pot.
These are the Angel Trumpet stumps that were left after I trimmed them back. Now they are starting to sprout from the base. It looks like it will be alot fuller this year.
Nov 10, 2007 | 5:28 AM PST
Tags: Broccoli , Cabbage
Our broccoli has started forming its crown. I'm very excited, last year I didn't do so well with it. This one is about 2 inches across.
And here is one of the nicer baby cabbages. It looks bigger outside than in the picture.
Sep 11, 2007 | 9:34 AM PST
Tags: Romaine Lettuce , Bloomsdale Spinach , Bibb Lettuce , Neon Lights Swiss Chard , Fall Veggies , Grass , Fire Ants , Early Girl Tomato , Cabbage , Pacman Broccoli , Crispy Frills Lettuce , Collard Greens
I must write this down before I forget what exactly I planted. Yesterday I finished cleaning up the 2nd and 3rd beds in the garden. The one that had the sweet potatoes in it this summer was an easy one. I just evened out the soil and took out a few small weeds. Fertilizer was then sprinkled over the whole bed and mixed into the top few inches. I watered the bed lightly and waited a few hrs before planting. Then I made shallow furrows across the bed. I planted the whole bed with greens. A couple of rows of each, Parris Island Romaine Lettuce, Bloomsdale Long-standing Spinach, Bibb Lettuce and Neon Lights Swiss Chard. I did leave some of the small sweet potato vines that were around the edge of the bed. I don't think they will have time to get large enough to bother the greens and the vines are pretty but still small.
The next bed took a little more work. It still had a little of that nasty grass that spreads by runners, that had to be removed. I dug a small furrow around the entire bed and put that soil up into it. The whole bed is raised about 6in. There were fire ants at one end of the bed so I had to be careful. I did end the day with plenty of mosquito and ant bites, hazards of the hobby I guess. After the bed was ready I fertilized, watered and waited just like the other one. In this bed I planted the Early Girl Tomato, Cabbage, Pacman Broccoli and Crispy Frills Lettuce (which is one of my very favorite lettuce types). I also planted a little bit of Collard Greens seed around the end of the bed where the tomato is, the greens will last longer into the winter than the tomato plant. It might seem silly to be planting a tomato plant this time of year....but, its a quick ripening tomato and I am hoping to get a few red and plenty of green. It will be a good excuse to try RKaynes recipe for fried green tomatoes.
I didn't take pictures of the beds yet. I think I will wait until the greens sprout, then take pics of both beds and add the pics to this entry.
