Ready to Go

This box now contains 4 squares of peas, along the trellis, 5 squares of potatoes, one square of beets, and 4 squares of yellow onions (in front).

Hooray for spring!

It has been in the 70's the past couple of days.  Feels hot. Feels nice.

Pruning the Apple Tree

You can see several branches that criss-cross close to the base.  I was able to take off the worst offender.  My tools need some help.  They aren't very sharp at all--in fact, I ended up sawing off the branch with one of Jason's saws.  It was only about as thick as my thumb, but it was too much for my smaller, sharper clippers and the big pruners are so dull they couldn't cut through a leaf, let alone a branch.

There's one more that needs to go pretty badly, but the angle was such that Jason's saw wouldn't have worked on it.  I did get all the water sprouts cut off from the roots, as well.

Then yesterday the temperature dropped about 40 degrees, and we had sleet. We woke up to 1/2 inch of ice covering everything, including my daffodil buds. I hope they make it! It was melting off all day, so I've got my fingers crossed that all will survive. 

Hydrangeas and rose bush have leaves coming.

Spring Planting Prep

I'm getting ready to put in the cold-weather vegetables. It turns out we will be here through the end of July, so I am going to go ahead and plant potatoes, onions, and peas again. I would also like to try carrots and beets in the later spring.

Box 1: All potatoes--2 varieties
Yukon Gold + ?

Box 2: 4 squares peas--Super Snappy + use up the rest of others
4 squares onion
3 squares beets
3 squares carrots
2 squares flowers

To get ready to plant:
1. Pooper scoop!
2. Rake up leaves from boxes that haven't decomposed and add to compost pile.
3. Add dirt & compost as needed to fill up boxes.
4. Replace string for measuring squares, as needed.
5. Purchase potatoes, onion sets, check number of seeds and buy if needed.
6. Plant potatoes, onions, and peas some time around March 17!

Early Spring Blossoms

What a welcome sight!

Crocuses blooming around the lamp post.

Daffodils are 6 inches high, and even one hyacinth peeking up around the tree in front.