Early Spring Garden Work to begin next weekend April 28th.

I've ordered a bunch of bulk seeds of greens, lettuces, peas, broccoli rabe, and some herbs. (I ordered these from a farmer's seed company I know in Missouri.) Lettuces, greens, spinach, and peas can go into the ground now.  My mama used to scatter  the lettuce seeds right on top of the snow. That way when it melted, the softened seeds were ready to sprout as soon as they touched the ground. 

Initial plans are still forming for the garden for the summer. For the sake of time and our next ability to meet in person, I am planning to pick a couple of the beds to broadcast with lettuce and greens seeds.  I'll also plant a bunch of the peas. 

I'll also attempt to do some more mulching to prevent weed growth.  

The notion is to cover the ground with either mulch or to get a cover crop growing to prevent weeds.  

We'll make more plans after we see what's up on the land.

View a plan of the plot here. 

Daisy

4/26/07: Seeds arrived today.  They are:

Buttercrunch lettuce 1/4#

Grand Rapids Lettuce 1/4#

Oakleaf Lettuce 1/4#

Ruby Lettuce 1/2 #

Southern Giant Mustard 1/2 #

Tender Green Mustard 1/2 #

Giant Noble Spinach 1/4 #

Bloomsdale Spinach 1/4#

Georgia Collards 1/2 #

Dwarf Siberian Kale 1/2#

Ruby Chard 1 oz

Arugala 1/4#

Sweet Basil 1/4#

Italian Parsley 1/4 #

Curled Parsley 1 oz

Nasturtium 1/4 #

Kohlrabi Purple Vienna 1 oz.

Italian Green Broccoli 1/4 #

Peas Progress  #9  1/2 #

Dwarf Grey Sugar 1/2# 

Tuesday, June 12th

The garden is going crazy!! It's like the seeds sprout almost immediately. Been eating micro greens of lettuces, kale, collards, and mustards.  Peas are coming up. There is also spinach and parsley, basil sprouting. Andy from Amherst brought trays of broccoli, tomatoes, eggplants, peppers, and cleome. Chris Keefe brought tomatoes and melon plants.  Jim Jackson brought squash plants and more melons.  

A root bed has been worked up with lots of carrots, radishes and onions. The radishes came up within 48 hours!!!

There are lots of birds, spiders, and frogs in the gardens that haven't been around.  There is a variety of birds that is incredible.