parsely, sage, rosemary and thyme
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These are the herbs I picked from my garden this weekend. Really nice on our grilled winter squash and roast pork dinner.
overwintered rosemary
My rosemary plant has survived the winter outside! I forgot to bring it inside last fall. When the snow melted, I was surprised to see that its still looking good. Its growing in a corner of my cold frame, roots inside, but leaves outside of the frame. Maybe it survived since the soil that did not freeze. Or maybe the deep snow cover was protective. Or both.
sowing seeds
Diane reminded me that its nearly time to plant the tomatoes. I printed out a planting calender for myself (from the on-line calendar link on my side bar). I will plant eggplant, peppers, marigolds, basil and beets this week. Next week, tomatoes and cabbage. I have pots and soil ready.
snug cold frame
Here is my cold frame with its newly replaces plastic panels on the front and back. Also new battens to seal the seam between the top panels and the sides. In the next warm day, I will add compost to the soil and replant everything.
crocuses
I love how the first crocus push their way up through whatever debris I’ve left behind. Soon I’ll rake the leaf layer from the garden beds, carefully.
seedlings
These are photos of my seedlings over the past 2 weeks. The tray at the top was started Jan 28. Mostly lettuce, endive and onions. I put them out in the cold frame around March 1. Some of the seedlings frosted because I didn’t realize the plastic panels of the cold frame ripped in the wind that week. The bottom seedlings were started Feb 26. Broccoli, celery, frissee, dill, radicchio and more onions. They are ready to go out to the cold frame soon.
update
Wow – its been a really busy week. My job has been taking up all of my time. Finally today, I have time to work in my garden and to catch up recording what’s going on here. The big thing that has happened is that THE SNOW IS GONE!!! It seems like spring has come all of a sudden. Last week was warm, but very dark, dreary, and lots of rain. This weekend it cleared, the sun came out bright and all of a sudden the spring bulbs are inching…
signs of spring
I think spring is right around the corner. The birds and squirrels seem to agree. The mornings have become noisy with bird songs this week. Snow piles have melted a bit in recent rains. The warmest southern sloped yard in our town has lovely snow drops in full bloom. A friend of mine who lives in PA told me lots of flowers are in bloom there – crocuses and tulips – so soon spring will make its way up to Boston soon. Its so exciting to watch the progression.
award!!!
I’m the recipient of an award from HORTICULTURE Magazine!!! How cool!! Thank you, I’m honored. The award is for “Best Gardening Blog” and editor Jenny Koester posted a nice review of my blog on her blog: Best Gardening Blog—Skippy’s Vegetable Garden. She even gave me a fancy badge to post. I’ll get it onto my side bar soon. I think in honor of the award – and to spite the snow – I’ll go outside right now and bring my seedlings to the cold frame to start hardening off. Its…
side yard aerial – another snow-covered garden photo
No, this isn’t just the same photo as last month – even though it looks identical. We got about 5 inches of snow on the garden this past weekend. And even though we’ve had warm days, there has been very little melting of our 3 feet of snow cover.
This is a journal of my vegetable gardens. Skippy thinks the garden is his, even though I do all the work. We're located near Boston, in USDA zone 6. I have bees, chickens, fruit trees and berry bushes, too. I use all sustainable organic methods and strive to grow all of my family's vegetables myself. -Kathy
weeks and counting until my last spring frost
My garden this week
Skippy’s vegetable of the month – Egyptian walking onions!
