Happy Easter to all (Or whatever Spring Event you celebrate).
Yesterday I picked up seeds. Nope, not heirlooms, my bad. I just want to get seeds started. I will look for heirlooms more leisurely and package them for future use. I have not tried seed saving yet.
Today, I put to “soak” the squash seeds. I wrapped them in wet paper towels that are identified by type. I want to get a head start so i am soaking them for a day or two. There is only one month before they need to be planted here. Then time to start seedlings of the cole crops.
Last year, my cole crop failed. One package was not what it said, and the rest just did not come up. We think it may have been the compost that was bad. ( Or a rabbit or pocket gopher.) A friend’s wife said,”…cabbage is so cheap at the store.” She clearly does not have a clue and I am not gong to enlighten her about the need to grow our own. At mid-70 I doubt they will change their beautifully manicured lawn to grow more than salsa ingredients.
Vegetable gardening is our big thing. It all goes in at once and ripens at once. With global warming, the Springs in MN 4b are more abrupt. As is the sudden hard frost in the fall.
I need more jars. I have no idea how many I have, but I have mostly 1/2 pints and I need pints and 24-oz jars. Plus another shelf to put them on. I never thought I would say that I need more jars, or more shelves for my canned food. Wow! Increasing a little bit each year, getting better at growing some things, constantly trying something else, adding new garden beds, learning which crops to let climb, companion and staggered planting…all adds up. Now if we can keep up the fence so the deer don’t eat the seedlings we are in good shape.
I was outside, sitting on the porch and thought, I should sit in the sun. I moved the chair and rolled up my sleeves and took off the shoes. I could only handle 5 minutes at 78 degrees. From snow a week ago to full sun.
Hubby has started sawing down the limbs of the tree that fell in tornado winds last September. There are a lot of branches to take to the city compost site. Plus, good wood to save for winter wood stove fires.
Tomorrow I am going to try digging in the veg. garden to see how wet it still is. Hopefully, I can start turning over the two new beds that we had planned. One is going to be a Hugelbed. It is on a serious slope, and needs a retaining wall, so, why not go ahead and fill it with rotting logs instead of soil. Less maintenance in the future.
Wishing everyone a good Spring.