March 9, 2015 | #91 |
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I'm back from my trip and I've moved my cabbage, spinach and lettuce outside to harden off. I don't want to jinx it but it does seem that spring may have sprung??? My compost has been delayed about three weeks. I believe the plan is to bring it on Wednesday. The tomatoes and peppers look happy in the laundry room. They've all been thinned and the fan is running on the tomatoes. I'll be starting flowers inside over the next day or two.
What have you planted and how is it doing??
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March 10, 2015 | #92 |
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I played hooky from the office yesterday for a few hours and got to prep a spinach bed and help seed some beet trials. Very happy for warmer weather!!!
(But, long hours in the office doesn't translate into actual physical stamina out in the garden... gotta start building up my hoeing muscles again!) |
March 10, 2015 | #93 |
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My first big step outside so far- I bought broccoli plants, onion sets, and chive seed and pea seed and lettuce seed that are going out asap. I haven't started tomatoes yet.
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March 12, 2015 | #94 |
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I'm on the same page as Linz. Today I planted:
peas cabbage lettuce radishes onions beets spinach parsley My back is killing me but I'm happy.
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March 13, 2015 | #95 |
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Oh my gosh! All my zinnias germinated in under 48 hours, and the seed was already a year old. Impressive. So I sowed another flat today! Not sure where they'll all go but I'm sure I'll find a place for them.
It's finally beginning to look like spring here. I've seen some daffodils and I see buds on the trees. Though it's chilly here today, it's not nearly as bad as it was just two weeks ago so I won't complain.
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March 14, 2015 | #96 |
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I hope to be more successful in the garden this year. I lost my garlic crop two summers ago due to excessive rain, I didn't do much at all last year.
Soon: Snow peas Comfrey Maybe some garlic. Planting in mid-March, I'm curious to see what I get in July. Still looking for giant pumpkin seeds Brussels Watermelon radishes
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Brussels Sprouts are pretty much a fall crop too although I never seem to have much luck with them. The season is so long that they have to do at least some growing in hot weather which is murder for brassica pests. They also taste better if they have seen some frost. Dry, ground, dry!! |
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March 14, 2015 | #98 |
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Radishes, onions, and spinach in the ground here in the Southside. Tomato and pepper seedlings are looking very good.
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March 15, 2015 | #99 |
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Peas and spinach in....seedlings showing up,moved to lights...blueberries and raspberries purchased..now waiting for soil to dry some
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March 17, 2015 | #100 |
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March 17, 2015 | #101 |
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What is a good variety of blueberries to plant here in Virginia?
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March 17, 2015 | #102 |
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Last week I sowed some greens, peas, and put in some onion sets at my daughter's garden in NoVA.
I was there 3 weeks recuperating from a cardiac arrest episode and brief hospitialization. But I'm good to go (almost) and came back to SWVA on Sunday. I should get a full good-to-go from the doctor by 4/1 I hope. Our 10- day looks pretty good for late winter. I pruned 5 pear trees yesterday. I've got 9 apples trees to do today. I'm going to try and get some early brassica, peas, beets, and cilantro direct seeded real soon too. |
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March 21, 2015 | #104 |
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Looks like a lot of us have been busy, and that's a good thing.
We had good, soaking kind of rain all day yesterday. My radishes were the first thing up but that's no surprise. This morning I see beets coming up and also the later lettuce I sowed directly. Still no sign of my spinach or my onions or peas but it's only been 9 days. Inside, I've started potting up the tomatoes and thinned zinnias. Every space under my grow lights is filled. Peppers, eggplant and basil look very happy. Temperatrues here are up and down but mostly below average for this time of year. Still better than it was at the beginning of the month so I won't complain. Trees and flowers are blooming and that definitely makes it feel more like spring. Though it was chilly this morning when I let the dog out, it was nice to hear all the birds outside.
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March 23, 2015 | #105 |
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Strawberries, potatoes, onions, and broccoli plants planted outside.
Seed of letuce and peas planted outside. I am sowing my tomatoes indoors this week, but my peppers are doing good.
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