I can't believe it!
After all that waiting and watching.......SOMETHING (woodchuck/groundhog probably) got thorugh the perimeter fence and ATE ALL OF THEM!!!!!!! I planted 2 full packs!
The onions, shallots and garlic are, however doing quite nicely.
I think I'm going to go cry now.
Growing Challenge: The Peas are Coming! The Peas are Coming!
YAY!
After work yesterday it was SO beautiful that the boys and I stayed outside for a while...them to play on their climbers and met o rake yet another couple of tons of leaves off of the flower beds.
So, of course I wandered over to the garden enclosure and there were some peas...fianlly...peeking up out of the ground!
I didn't have the time or energy to go get the camera last night, but I promise to take a picture and post it over the weekend.
YAY!
After work yesterday it was SO beautiful that the boys and I stayed outside for a while...them to play on their climbers and met o rake yet another couple of tons of leaves off of the flower beds.
So, of course I wandered over to the garden enclosure and there were some peas...fianlly...peeking up out of the ground!
I didn't have the time or energy to go get the camera last night, but I promise to take a picture and post it over the weekend.
YAY!
Transplanting 1
Yesterday I transplanted ALL of my tomato seedlings and some of my flower and herb seedlings. It was exhausting and dirty work.
Exhausting because I did it in my kitchen and because I tried to save as many tomatoes as I could...and I only lost 2 during the process. It seems as though the separation of even the tiniest of starts worked.
I have no pictures at the moment, because I was too tired to take them and my kids were yelling for dinner by the time I finished.
Right now, I have no place to put these plants once Mothers' Day rolls around and I can plant outside. The fenced in area that was home to my tomatoes and squash (and everything else) last year should not be a home for them again ghis year according to crop rotation guidelines, but right now I don't have the larger area I intend to use fenced in.
But that problem still has 4 weeks to get a resolution.
In another week or two I'll be doing the transplant shuffle on the peppers and eggplants, and probably more herbs and flowers.
Exhausting because I did it in my kitchen and because I tried to save as many tomatoes as I could...and I only lost 2 during the process. It seems as though the separation of even the tiniest of starts worked.
I have no pictures at the moment, because I was too tired to take them and my kids were yelling for dinner by the time I finished.
Right now, I have no place to put these plants once Mothers' Day rolls around and I can plant outside. The fenced in area that was home to my tomatoes and squash (and everything else) last year should not be a home for them again ghis year according to crop rotation guidelines, but right now I don't have the larger area I intend to use fenced in.
But that problem still has 4 weeks to get a resolution.
In another week or two I'll be doing the transplant shuffle on the peppers and eggplants, and probably more herbs and flowers.
Growing Challenge - Peas Plus Garden 2008 Update
OK - There's a lot to report, and pictures to go along with the reports, but it's been crazy couple of weeks, so I'm going to start posting and just add as I'm able.
For the Growing Challenge - I said I'd grow peas this year, and I planted them as my friend had advised "BY PADDY's Day" but I have seen NOTHING come up yet and am a little discouraged at this point.
Since I've planted about 6-8 new things, other than the peas, this year I will be ok to go forward no matter what...but I really want the peas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, in addition to the stuff K and I planted at the begining of March I've also planted more flowers and early crop veggies on my own. Right now all of the seeds have been sown in trays indoors except for the peas which were direct seeded outdoors.
(The plants in green type are new to my gardens)
The additional flowers are: coleus, cosmos, more marigolds, petunias, 2 sizes of sunflower & nicotania.
The additonal veggies are:
Cabbage, kholrabi, lettuce, arugula in addition to the earlier veggies.
This weekend I planted onion sets and shallots outside, and as soon as it gets warmer, there are LOTS of other new things to direct seed too.
So, K and I planted our tomatoes and peppers at the same time, but my peppers have taken their time germinating... as you can see in this picture, they are just starting to come up.
Back outdoors, the rhubarb patch is starting to show signs of life...but the asparagus is still a long ways off.
Also new this year - the tags I've made to label the seedlings (re)use strips of #5 plastic tubs that are not recycled around me. This includes yogurt containers, sour cream containers, margarine tubs etc.
For the Growing Challenge - I said I'd grow peas this year, and I planted them as my friend had advised "BY PADDY's Day" but I have seen NOTHING come up yet and am a little discouraged at this point.
Since I've planted about 6-8 new things, other than the peas, this year I will be ok to go forward no matter what...but I really want the peas!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, in addition to the stuff K and I planted at the begining of March I've also planted more flowers and early crop veggies on my own. Right now all of the seeds have been sown in trays indoors except for the peas which were direct seeded outdoors.
(The plants in green type are new to my gardens)
The additional flowers are: coleus, cosmos, more marigolds, petunias, 2 sizes of sunflower & nicotania.
The additonal veggies are:
Cabbage, kholrabi, lettuce, arugula in addition to the earlier veggies.
This weekend I planted onion sets and shallots outside, and as soon as it gets warmer, there are LOTS of other new things to direct seed too.
So, K and I planted our tomatoes and peppers at the same time, but my peppers have taken their time germinating... as you can see in this picture, they are just starting to come up.
Back outdoors, the rhubarb patch is starting to show signs of life...but the asparagus is still a long ways off.
Also new this year - the tags I've made to label the seedlings (re)use strips of #5 plastic tubs that are not recycled around me. This includes yogurt containers, sour cream containers, margarine tubs etc.
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