Soggy Sunday

Well, it was a nasty rainy Sunday. We had a great Saturday, actually got a little sunburn. Here is an update on the broccoli patch and cold frame. The broccoli is doing well. The second batch is in the ground and growing well. WE have a new organic spray to keep the cabbage worms off, hope it works. The cold frame is filling up. Have about 1/2 of the tomato's in there now. Its been working great, but I'm thinking greenhouse next year.

New Plants

Here is a look at some of the new plants we have added this year.The first pic is the strawberry's. We planted 50, they are doing great, most have new leaves after 1 week. The second pic is the asparagus patch. Ricky thought we had a bunch of gophers, but thats the way I read to plant them. Fresh asparagus sounds so good!!!

Beets

The beets that Jennifer and Ricky planted are starting to grow. They are a pretty purple. I dont know if I like beets, but I think they will love the new raised bed.

New Plantings

These two pictures are pretty funny. We have tomato plants blooming in the cold frame, just a little bit early. The other is our freshly planted strawberry's. First try at these, have 50 in the ground, bet they turn out good.

Good weekend of work.

We got a good bit of work done on our little patch this weekend. Got the second bunch of Broccoli planted, under the row cover fabric. I am checking out the first batch in this pic. We also built a wash table for the garden. Turned out really good.

First Saturday of April

What a beautiful first Saturday in April. To bad we have two days of 40 deg. weather coming up the next couple of days. You got to love this first picture. Jennifer is painting the barn bench, with plenty of help. Four supervisors critiquing every brush stroke. Someone get them some shovels to lean on!!! Later we had a nice fish fry. The crappie were the best I have ever had.

New Plants and Techniques

Well, the new Blueberry plants look to be doing really good. They have a good bit of new growth. To bad we have to limit the production the first year, I bet fresh blueberry's taste great. The other pic is the sheltered broccoli plants. There are 36 plants under that cover. They are doing great. I'm really impressed with the fabric cover we are starting to use.

Outdoor Gardening is Kicking in Gear

Here are a couple of pics of what we have been up to in the garden. Had some spring like weather the last couple of days. The cold frame is filling up quickly, looks like Ricky is right, we need a greenhouse!!! The tomato plants started in late January are damm near 2 ft tall now. If we can keep them growing, we should have Tomatoes by mid May. I also added a second chamber to the compost bin. This should help us turn the compost for quicker production.