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I can't even begin to keep track of all L's been doing, but a few highlights are working on making parts of one of the south gardens and the lower garden bed usable (cutting, digging, tilling, weeding, etc.), mowing some of the lawn, replacing the laundry line, and more.
Because of all the rain last fall we didn't do all our usual winter prep, so the hay field made an aggressive move on the garden. Part of the results from that we're digging out and part of it Lyle's going to use for making a row of hot compost -- we're going to bake those grass roots!
Yesterday morning I mostly just did some weeding, watering, and rescuing germinated pea seeds that the rain had uncovered. Afternoon/evening saw bringing some of the Ginger plants down to the porch and re-potting some herbs into larger pots -- Angelica Arch., Lovage, Lemon Balm, and maybe something else.
This morning was weeding, watering, and planting: 6 Lacingto Kale, 6 Red Russian Kale, and 17 Storage Cabbages. I don't know the proper name for the cabbages, but basically they are winter keepers. Also potted up 7 Chamomile into 2 big pots.
Made a trip to the transfer station to drop off trash and recyclables and picked up some empty pots and planting trays (free!).
We picked up some young yellow onions at the hardware store and then retrieved some more Chamomile I'd potted up at Goldthread and then forgot and left them there. Afternoon saw planting 8 Ginger from 6 of the pots into the Ginger bed that Lyle set up so nicely -- very easy to work in :) Also re-potted one of the Elderberry bushes, the mystery bush, a High Top Blueberry bush, and maybe something else... and dug holes to set three of the potted plants into the ground.
Had to water more plants of course -- I picked up quite a few different things this spring and they don't keep the water in the small pots very long in this weather.
Up and outside early in the morning again to do more weeding and plant more stuff. Probably the Chinese Cabbage, something else I bought (no idea at the moment), and some of the onions. I'd like to say all of them but they're multiples packed into 6-packs and I don't know if/how they're going to divide up until I get them out of the pots. I may have to stall on planting the squashes and cukes by re-potting them into larger pots for another week.
The Cranberry Vermont beans are looking good but I only have one row of them -- hopefully we can plant more over the next week, as well as the meal corn (Abenaki Flint), broad beans, and anything else I can fit.
Because of all the rain last fall we didn't do all our usual winter prep, so the hay field made an aggressive move on the garden. Part of the results from that we're digging out and part of it Lyle's going to use for making a row of hot compost -- we're going to bake those grass roots!
Yesterday morning I mostly just did some weeding, watering, and rescuing germinated pea seeds that the rain had uncovered. Afternoon/evening saw bringing some of the Ginger plants down to the porch and re-potting some herbs into larger pots -- Angelica Arch., Lovage, Lemon Balm, and maybe something else.
This morning was weeding, watering, and planting: 6 Lacingto Kale, 6 Red Russian Kale, and 17 Storage Cabbages. I don't know the proper name for the cabbages, but basically they are winter keepers. Also potted up 7 Chamomile into 2 big pots.
Made a trip to the transfer station to drop off trash and recyclables and picked up some empty pots and planting trays (free!).
We picked up some young yellow onions at the hardware store and then retrieved some more Chamomile I'd potted up at Goldthread and then forgot and left them there. Afternoon saw planting 8 Ginger from 6 of the pots into the Ginger bed that Lyle set up so nicely -- very easy to work in :) Also re-potted one of the Elderberry bushes, the mystery bush, a High Top Blueberry bush, and maybe something else... and dug holes to set three of the potted plants into the ground.
Had to water more plants of course -- I picked up quite a few different things this spring and they don't keep the water in the small pots very long in this weather.
Up and outside early in the morning again to do more weeding and plant more stuff. Probably the Chinese Cabbage, something else I bought (no idea at the moment), and some of the onions. I'd like to say all of them but they're multiples packed into 6-packs and I don't know if/how they're going to divide up until I get them out of the pots. I may have to stall on planting the squashes and cukes by re-potting them into larger pots for another week.
The Cranberry Vermont beans are looking good but I only have one row of them -- hopefully we can plant more over the next week, as well as the meal corn (Abenaki Flint), broad beans, and anything else I can fit.
