What I did today

 What's in the garden right now??

  April 2, 2011

Today was productive! But not without spending money of course rofl....

Went to pick up eye screws for my grid. of course they have to have a bunch of garden stuff jumping out right in front of me! 

Of course that might be because it was a "Farm and Home!" 

Bought some green onion sets (now I am not planting onion seed! so cheating) and enough yellow onions sets for three squares. I already have a square of Walla Walla ready to plant!

I found a different pea "Dwarf Grey Sugar" has an edible pod and grows around 36".

Planted:

Bathtub with:
green onion sets
radishes in between
one square of lettuce

I also amended the composted soil I had in there with vermiculite and peat moss. So basically MM. It has at least 3 different composts in it from the last years I have planted in it! The hardware cloth is to keep the grandkid out of it! Plastic ready if frost threatens. I had good luck with the onions in it last year. Might have had with Radishes and lettuce but Alex planted the whole packages in the same spot rofl....
So with the MM I expect It to do better!

I got the plastic on my original 4x4 bed
The garlic I planted last November (store garlic) as an experiment has come up!
 

This bed is my first one. It doesn't have MM due to costs last year. I am going to do my new ones with MM this year and amend this one next year. After adding peat and vermiculite I should have enough MM for 2 more beds. Theoretically that is! Shhhh dont' tell hubby. Oh wait, all the two extra beds would cost would be wood, and we get that out of the scrap bin! So Cheap beds next year!

I got thermometers for the beds. It got up to 72° in it this afternoon. So I know I have to watch them. But the nights are still down around 40° so the plastic stays on!

Tomorrow I will plant peas, radishes, onions, arugula,and what ever else....humm beets--kohlrabi?