April 15, 2015

my bee hives are in place

Well, the boxes were in place. They had a great place by my garden, then noticed they don’t get any morning sun there. So I moved them to the opposite side of the yard. Still checking if that spot get’s good sun and no sprinklers. Its the driest edge of the yard and grass struggles there, so that’s probably a good sign that its the warm and sunny. Oh, I’ll probably move them again. That white one looks like its sticking out in the yard. I could move it closer…

April 15, 2015

winter sowing seedlings

April 13, 2015

getting ready for bees

I have collected all my bee equipment. Jacket, hat, smoker, boxes, inserts etc. Yesterday I painted the boxes. White and two shades of green. Next I’ll position the boxes down by my garden and make sure the sprinklers don’t hit them. I have two packages of bees arriving next Monday.

April 11, 2015

swallows arrive

The tree swallows arrived here this morning!!! What fun to see them. They are swooping all over my garden. A pair seems to have claimed the same nesting box where a swallow pair nested last year. I read that our NE tree swallows have been in Florida or Cuba for the winter.

April 8, 2015

Skippy’s Full Season Planting Calendar is out

Our full season app has just been released at the Apple store. It includes spring, fall and winter planting calendars all in one. You can make a calendar with all seasons, or turn one or two seasons off. Like our previous calendars, it gives you tasks by the week – like a real calendar. Other planting calendars list times by crop so you can’t easily see what you need to do now. That’s the main benefit of our app, I think. Also we have transplant times listed. And you can…

April 6, 2015

time to plant tomatoes

My planting calendar says it’s time to plant tomatoes this week. I jumped the gun on thee and planted two werks early. This week I planted two types of sweaty peas (the flowers). A low white flowered one and tall mixed colors. And I’ll soon plant some new bok choy seeds I got. I need to transplant my broccoli into bigger pots. I planted these several weeks early. I’m watching to see when my outdoor peas come up but it’s soooooo cold this week. I’ll wait to plant more outside.…

April 6, 2015

planting calendars

I expect our full season planting calendar app will be out in the next day or two. It’s being reviewed by Apple now. All of our apps are listed and explained at www.skippysgarden.com or at the link at the upper right of this blog. Purchasers of the spring app will receive a free upgrade to the full season version. The full season calendar price will be $1.99. The next thing we’re working on is the android versions.

April 5, 2015

easter flowers

Finally!!! Yippee! The first brave flowers!

April 4, 2015

today’s sowing

Sweet peas, Cherub dwarf white (after soaking 24 hrs in water) Soak tonight, sweet pea, Royal family

April 1, 2015

sowing peas

I planted peas yesterday. The soil was nicely thawed and has been thawed for over a week now. I turned it a couple weeks ago, but it froze up soon after that. It thawed again soon after. It’s drained well now and certainly workable. I plant peas by digging a trench about an inch deep and 6 inches wide. I scattered in the peas. (I didn’t have inoculant and will add some to the soil as soon as I find some. It’s new soil and I want to be sure…

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