Sunday, February 27, 2011

Garden Fence

All Protected from the Puppy


We finished the garden fence today. After debating back and forth, we decided to go with electric, one reason being it's much cheaper. I think it looks nicer too. We released the hound and after three shocks, I think she's got the idea to stay away.

Once that was finished I planted spinach, radishes, lettuce, kale, and mustard. I was hoping to get the peas going today, but I need to put in some mushroom soil in the bed that will hold the legumes this year. Since the nursery was closed today, that didn't happen, but hopefully we will get it started this week.

On another note, the indoor seeds have mostly sprouted over the week. I don't have an ideal light setup yet, but I have been keeping the light on in the kitchen all night. I even brought them outside this afternoon for a little while since it was cloudy and warm.

The seedlings are taking off.

Only half the broccoli and the leeks came up. Since that is very old seed, I am throwing it away and getting new next year. The peppers and celery aren't up yet, but I'm not too concerned about that yet.

Sunday, February 20, 2011

Getting Started

I finally got seeds started inside today. I started Roma tomatoes, Brandywine tomatoes, Anaheim peppers, yellow doe peppers, celery, leeks, broccoli, and brussel sprouts. I also ordered 25 Earliglow strawberry plants and 5 Heritage raspberry plants from Nourse seeds. They are due to arrive the second week of March. I'm so excited to be starting fruit this year!

Tuesday, February 1, 2011

New Year - New Compost

This couldn't possibly be a garden hindrance, could it?

So it is a new year, and I'm very excited about where the garden is headed. Unfortunately, before I can get started, we have to dog proof the garden. Last year, we had to put a hold on the compost bin as Brigitta discovered how to get snacks out. Eww... Anyway, our first order of buisness this year was to build a new bin. We used the base from the potato bin from last year and just added fencing around it. So far, so good...



Brigitta checking for weak spots.

Our next project is to fence the garden.