I've started most of my seeds this past weekend for the Spring and Summer garden. Mostly lettuce, spinach, broccoli, cauliflower, tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers and a second planting of carrots. I'm having much better luck starting my carrot seeds in starter cells than sowing seeds directly in the beds, although I will do some direct sowing later in the season. In a few weeks I will be starting Summer squash for my garden and squash and melons for the Haven garden. It's a good thing I have two greenhouses this year. One for starting seeds and one for hardening off.
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| Tomato Seedling |
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Tomatoes for both my garden and the Haven garden
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I also spent some time installing the PVC hoops and bird netting on bed 2. Go ahead squirrels just try and get in there now!
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| Bed 2 |
Do you know what these are going to be used for?
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| Nope not trellises. |
Square foot grids. Sweet Husband made me a set for beds 2, 3 and 4.
This will be much better than the string I used last year. These grids can be removed which makes it easier to clean and add compost to the beds in the Fall. I can also remove them once the bed is planted... but don't tell
Mel!
Tonight I pulled my sweet potatoes out of the pantry to use them for growing slips. They've got a good head start without my help.
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| Some of these slips will be pulled off the potato and planted in pots this weekend |
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| Very alien like |
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| This is the same potato I used for slips last year. Once I pulled off the slips I just left it in the glass of water. I cut back the old stems and now there are new ones forming. |
That's it for my garden. There is lots going on in the Haven garden in the coming days. I'll be updating the
Haven blog tomorrow. Be sure to stop by.
