seedlings by the window

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These are my pepper seedlings. They have a nice spot in a south facing window over looking the garden. They aren’t getting much sun since its very overcast and still raining out there. I noticed that the soil temperature under the black plastic layer in my garden is the same as the soil temperature in the beds without plastic. I guess that’s what happens when there is no sun. Capsicum
 
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mud

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Its a cool, rainy day. And we’re looking forward to a cool, rainy week ahead. I’m watching for lettuce and pea sprouts, but none are up yet. The soil temperature at the warm end of my garden is 46F now. A good temperature for the peas and lettuce.
 
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more seeds

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Still more seeds! I just get sucked in every time I walk by a stand of seeds. Today I found some peas, fava beans and bicolor radish. The other day I had some delicious grilled fava beans at the East Coast Grill, one of my favorite restaurants. I’ll have to look up growing information for these as I don’t know if they are more like beans or peas. Vicia fabaBrassicaceaeradish (Raphanus sativus)
 
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repotting pepper seedlings

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Time to repot the peppers! I ended up with two trays: 90 plants total. I had peat pots for one tray (no pictures), but thought I’d try making paper pots for the other (these are the photogenic ones). The paper pots probably took me an hour to make and fill. Not too bad. Of course, its much too many plants for my little garden. I’ll probably bring them down to the plant sale in the town center in the middle of May. Maybe I’ll get rich. Here’s a link to…
 
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salt marsh hay

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I found some mulching hay today. Two bales just barely fit in my trunk. Salt marsh hay is supposed to be good as it has less weed seeds than hay. It looks nice, protects plant roots and retains moistiure in the soil during the hot summer. Two bales will last a while for me, so I’ll cover the extra with a tarp and save it. I’ll wait til our weather dries up until I put it on my plants. That certainly won’t be tomorrow as the rain storm of the…
 
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garden work

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Another beautiful day. I turned over the soil in bed #3 (from the left). There’s still a good layer of frozen dirt down there at about 6 inches deep.
 
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garden series

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These are aerial views of my garden taken one per month, between May 2006 and April 2007. It makes me notice how short the growing season is: 4 months, July to October. I’d like to have more crops producing in May and November to extend the season. Note added: I remember that I started my garden planting very late last year because it rained (poured) from about April 15 to May 15. I lost 90% of my beets and onions seedlings because of this. And now this April is very…
 
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spring planting!

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Its my official start of a new gardening season! Today I planted my first seeds: one 3 ft row of each snap peas, Capucijner peas, endive, escarole, a lettuce mix, and black seeded simpson lettuce. I coated the pea seeds with inoculant just before planting. I have changed my side-bar count-down meter to keep track of the time until tomato harvest. Last year my first tomato was ripe on July 31. Around here, July 4 is the date gardeners shoot for. I’ve never even come close, but I thought I’d…
 
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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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“I envision a day when every city and town has front and back yards, community gardens and growing spaces, nurtured into life by neighbors who are no longer strangers, but friends who delight in the edible rewards offered from a garden they discovered together.” – Greg Peterson

"What can happen to a seed is a miracle."

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