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~~Spring Work Brings Sore Hands~~
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.