We got another break from the rain and today was a nice sunny day! Couldn't pass up the opportunity to enjoy this day in the garden - prepping beds, planting, making compost, planting trees, prop work in the greenhouse... so much to do and it's all fun!
In the Greenhouse
A lot of seeds are sprouting... every day something new is coming up. The greenhouse is now bustling with new life!
This flat of broccoli is coming up nicely!! I could have seeded it earlier but it won't take long before its ready to be transplanted out in the garden!
The skullcap seeds are coming up! I am excited, skullcap is one of my favorite #naturalmedicine - I had stratified in late winter and then brought it into the greenhouse a few weeks ago when it started warming up.
Everything is sprouting in this flat of leeks, onions, parsley, broccoli and basil! Soon I will be able to transplant the onions and leeks.
Outside In the Garden
This end of a long bed didn't do too well last year. The thick clay soil was somewhat compacted and plants that were in the last few feet of the bed were stunted and didn't grow very well. So earlier this winter I dumped a few wheelbarrows of composted manure on it. Now I've worked it into the soil.
On the very end I planted Jerusalem artichokes. Then I dug a trench and planted a few Rose Fin potatoes that we bought from a local farmer. After that I transplanted some garlic that was missed from last years harvest. They took to the transplant pretty well!
The garlic that was planted in January is coming up really nicely!
This is a recent massacre of some plum seed that I planted last fall. They were from some very small orange wild plums that are growing on my friends property. The pit is free stone and it tastes so sweet, almost like an apricot. Last week the plums were starting to sprout. This week some critter decided to eat all the sprouts! I noticed some digging in the other pots where I had planted plums, so I brought them all to a safer location. I might have to move my nursery if this keeps happening.
We've got some purple sweet potatoes in potting soil in the greenhouse. This is our first attempt to grow sweet potatoes and are hoping it will send up some shoots soon that we can plant as slips.
Purple Orach is starting to volunteer in our garden en-masse. True to our Seeds of Abundance philosophy that nature provides abundantly! The green carpet behind the Purple Orach is Larkspur which has also reseeded quite readily!
The purple orach babies are so beautiful.
And finally I got some more tree seeds in pots that had been stratifying in the fridge. Pawpaw, sichuan pepper, linden, witch hazel, monkey puzzle, raisin tree and sumac.
That's it for now! Wishing you abundance in your garden :)
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