On a non edible side, I pruned my roses down to pretty much nothing last week because of the terrible black spot from last year. Now if only it would rain...
Saturday, March 31, 2007
It's Spring!
My strawberry plants came this week, and all my seedlings are up and doing well so far. I fertilized my broccoli plants this week. I also planted my last half row of peas, carrots, and romaine lettuce.
On a non edible side, I pruned my roses down to pretty much nothing last week because of the terrible black spot from last year. Now if only it would rain...
On a non edible side, I pruned my roses down to pretty much nothing last week because of the terrible black spot from last year. Now if only it would rain...
Sunday, March 18, 2007
New Techiques
I wanted to record a technique that I read about and want to try this year.
Three Sisters Planting: In this month's Park Seed newsletter, there was a description of a great companion planting technique that the Native Americans used. The three sisters are corn, beans and squash. They are planted in mounds. Two stalks of corn are planted on the top. About two weeks later, a few pole beans are planted. The beans will climb up the corn and fix nitrogen for the soil. A couple of weeks later, a few plants from the squash family are planted at the bottom. The squash provides weed control for the beans and the corn.
I also bought 25 strawberry plants and two growing bags last week. With the growing bags, I can just hang them up from the top of the porch. No worry about weeds. I'm probably a little late getting started, but hopefully they will arrive soon and I won't be too late.
It looks like most of my seeds are beginning to come up. Yay!
Three Sisters Planting: In this month's Park Seed newsletter, there was a description of a great companion planting technique that the Native Americans used. The three sisters are corn, beans and squash. They are planted in mounds. Two stalks of corn are planted on the top. About two weeks later, a few pole beans are planted. The beans will climb up the corn and fix nitrogen for the soil. A couple of weeks later, a few plants from the squash family are planted at the bottom. The squash provides weed control for the beans and the corn.
I also bought 25 strawberry plants and two growing bags last week. With the growing bags, I can just hang them up from the top of the porch. No worry about weeds. I'm probably a little late getting started, but hopefully they will arrive soon and I won't be too late.
It looks like most of my seeds are beginning to come up. Yay!
Saturday, March 17, 2007
Cool Season Planting
As usual, I'm a little late in posting what I have done, but not too late. Last Sunday, March 11, I planted my early spring vegies. In the raised bed I planted another half row of Alaska peas, 7 Packman broccoli plants, a half row of romaine lettuce, half row of carrots, and a little under 2 dozen sweet onion plants.
The first row of peas is starting to come up nicely. It was so cold after I planted the first half of the row that there's actually not much difference between halves. They're about 3 inches high at this point.
Unfortunately, I've noticed that something is randomly digging up my onions. Today it looked like about three were dug up. I'll try to replant them tomorrow. Grr...
I also planted bibb lettuce, collards, mustard greens, & spinach on the porch in containers.
The first row of peas is starting to come up nicely. It was so cold after I planted the first half of the row that there's actually not much difference between halves. They're about 3 inches high at this point.
Unfortunately, I've noticed that something is randomly digging up my onions. Today it looked like about three were dug up. I'll try to replant them tomorrow. Grr...
I also planted bibb lettuce, collards, mustard greens, & spinach on the porch in containers.
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