hoop greenhouse construction
We’re building a hoop house today!! It will be 10×12 ft and will go in the backyard, unheated, and should hold lots of seedling trays. It will be a temporary, spring-only structure to give extra space during April and May. Today is a chilly wet day, so we are enjoying this as an garage project for now. We bent the first hoop and it looks good. So far, so good!!
up-potting
I transplanted my peppers and eggplants into larger pots today. …a bit of a mess in the kitchen, but I love working with all these little seedlings.
spring is here – a Good Friday
The peepers (little yellowish wetland frogs) started singing tonight! The song of spring. They don’t start up gradually. About 4 pm today, they started in full chorus, peeping away.
planting sweet pea seeds
This is the method of planting sweet peas that I just learned from NW organic gardener. nick the outer skin of sweet peas seeds – a large fingernail clipper works… layer the seeds in wet paper towels… check daily after 5 days… as soon as they get their tails, pot each in a 2 inch pot with tails pointing down… they don’t all tail at the same time so plant them as they do…. make sure the soil is damp, not wet, and wait for first the sprout to break…
what’s up today
– I’m planting my snow peas (inside) today, – my little sweet pea seeds (in wet paper towels) are getting tails, – my artichoke seedlings are starting their 10 day vernalization (below 50F) out on my patio – my tomato seeds are planted (17 varieties), but they haven’t sprouted yet – my vegetable garden is totally free of snow now!! – my garlic and my mom’s are up – nice little 3 inch sprouts – and I think I may be able to start filling my salad bowl from my…
vegetable, flower, and herb plants for shade
Last Sunday I worked in the “Ask-A-Master-Gardener” booth at the Boston Flower Show. The most popular question I had was: What should I plant in my shady garden? I have several shady areas in my gardens. Knowing what plants will grow there is helpful. Here’s a list I’ve put together. VEGETABLES Full Shade (None) Part Shade (dappled shade all day or 4 hours of sun per day) Leafy greens including arugula, beet greens, cress, collard greens, endive, kale, leaf lettuce, mustard greens, radicchio, spinach, and Swiss chard Part sun (more…
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!
