Today we uncovered the large raised bed and fluffed the soil. Tomorrow we'll put in compost and fluff again. We have starter sets of red and yellow onions to put in, hopefully just before we get a rain shower. We are prepping the area for the potatoes. I checked with the feed store and they will have potatoes on Feb. 1, so I can get red and Kinnebec potatoes to chit and plant on or about Valentine's Day. I'm so anxious to get out and get dirty, and see things growing!
How exciting!! I've got some new raised beds to add compost to as well, I'm excited for spring! It will still be a while here though
It will probably be warm enough by the weekend for me to get something done out in the garden. I have some plants that are beginning to whine about having to spend so much time in tiny pots in a box in the backroom. I am certainly going to get more asparagus plants this year. I am the only one in the family who eats it and I love finding a fresh shoots ready to be eaten while I walk around the garden. Some of the shoots get to attain fern status but the ones I get to eat are delicious. I had two plants out back but lost a battle with a feisty squirrel who wanted the plant to decorate another part of the backyard.
Cleaned out the beds, getting ready for the start of the season. Mostly everything lived through the supposed winter. We're praying that the bugs won't be bad, but that theory was tested this morning....mosquitoes and sand gnats galore are alive and well. Thank goodness for natural pest control - green lizards that i've already seen. Tulips, hyacinths, daffodils (all that my little grandson helped me plant) are coming up. He will be so excited.
No matter what the season is , you can still do something for the garden. I'm a little late , but Im building a 10 X 20 green house. .
Terracing the back lot with pulled weeds and moved soil from other areas of the yard. Weeding is producing lots of matter for composting, but decided composting in place as new terraces is less work. Am doing it early enough may plant some veggies back there once the weather is warm enough. Plant matter breaks down quicker than I realize every year. Hugglekultur has some cole crop starts in it and is covered with the hoop structure. The scarlet runner bean roots survived the winter. It will be interesting to see how they perform.
In spite of this dadgummed pandemic, I'm going to have a great year. So glad I can still garden. I am right in the middle of zone 7. Getting a little late start, but I'll make up for it with my retirement time. I can garden all I want.
I'm not really a gardener these days, I'm more of "an estates manager." Very little actual gardening needs to be done other than maintenance, but for some reason it takes a lot of my time. Still, it has its compensations.