old new chair for my plot

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I made a great find yesterday. (How I love trash day!!) Someone left a beaten up old Adirondack chair at their curbside. It needs a new board here and nail there. And a fresh coat of paint. (I’m thinking green.) It’ll be perfect in my plot. Its so comfortable! And nothing like the flat arms of an Adirondack chair to hold clippers, seed packages, camera and beverages! I look forward to sitting in it and watching my plants grow.
 
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sitting pretty

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Isn’t she pretty! I love the bright dash of blue on the female mallard. They’re all paired up now and hanging out near their nest sites. This duck’s partner left the photo fast when he saw Skippy. Most of our creeks show the evidence of the torrent that passed through last week. Muddy waters, debris and bare branches. The birds seem very happy though.
 
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magazine photos

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A few of my garden photos will be in the upcoming issue issue of GROW, a the vegetable gardening issue of Fine Gardening Magazine. I am really excited to see how they look in print. I don’t think the issue is out yet, but I’m watching for it.
 
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finished cold frame

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I’ve never used a cold frame before. I planted it today with cold weather greens that should be OK down to about 30*F. Our weather is so balmy right now, but it will drop during this week. The frame is in a very sunny placation, so a few days of of sunlight should warm up the soil well. I’m hoping it will be full of salad greens soon. Seedlings transplanted into the cold frame:ParsleyLettuce, Rouge d’hiver and Black seeded SimpsonEscarole, broadleafKale, Tuscan, Winterbor and wild mixBroccoli, Blue wind and Marathon
 
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Happy Birthday Dad!

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For my Dad, the Dutchman! Happy Birthday. These Red Riding Hood’s are inside in a pot, but a sign of things to come. We have a nice new Trader’s Joe’s near us now and I love the inexpensive spring flowers at this time of year. Hope you have a good day!
 
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Wall-O-Water

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My new Wall-O-Water tomatoes shelters arrived yesterday. I’m hoping to get them set up very soon. The direction say to set them up, then wait 1 week, then put the tomatoes in. Don’t know if I have that much patience. And since I have too many early tomatoes (7 seedlings), I think I’ll try planting one a day starting right away. My regular tomato planting time is next week – 6 weeks before my last frost.
 
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planting peas and favas

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I did get my peas planted on Wednesday – St Patrick’s Day. I planted three rows: Sugar Sprint (Johnny’s) snap pea, 2 ft vines, 58 daysCaselode shelling pea (Johnny’s), shelling pea, 2 1/2 ft vines, 57 daysRSVPea (Burpee) shelling pea, 3 1/2 ft vines, 56 days And I planted a block of crimson-flowered fava beans that Dan grew and hand-collected. I had some “help” from the canine crew. Bannor, my brother’s dog who’s here for the week, was especially interested. I thought it was great that he wanted to check…
 
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honey CSA

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Joan’s hive location has been approved for the meadow next to the community gardens! Yeah!! And she has a nice new website advertising her CSA: Little Red Truck Farm – Honey CSA. I signed up for my share today. Her hives will be set up in April.
 
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honey bee on crocus

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Here’s a sight I’ve never seen before. A honeybee on St Patrick’s Day! I think this is a sign of a good season coming 🙂 Honeybees usually don’t show up in my yard ’til late June (post). But here it is only March! – not even Spring yet – and a beautiful honeybee as fat as can bee is loaded down with crocus pollen. Maybe he’s from Joan’s hives, which are up on her second story deck a couple blocks from me. I’m so glad they’ve made it through the…
 
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Kathy Martin
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

What I planted recently

Jan 21
thyme, lettuce, escarole

Feb 21
celery, celeriac, parsley, leeks

March 11
cabbage, kale, arugula



What I'm planting soon

April 1
peppers, eggplants, marigolds, beets

April 12
tomatoes, basil, sunflowers

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