Not a whole lot to show you with our garden at this time! We’ve had a few freezing nights over the last week or two, and the local fruit growers were worried about all the tree blossoms that were at risk. Bert is already cutting the grass, but we’ve still had to stoke the wood stove in the basement to keep the electric heat from coming on!
My radishes and lettuce that I planted two weeks ago (on a warm sunny day!) are doing fine. With the radishes, I make a point to put just one seed in each hole so I don’t have to thin the plants. If one doesn’t sprout, I don’t worry about it. The lettuce seeds are so VERY tiny that I can never put one seed at a time in the ground. At least I space out the holes so I’ll have to thin just a few tiny plants.
Radishes
Lettuce
We planted Sugar Snap peas in the beds with fences by the patio. They finally came up enough so I could actually take a picture of them.
And then, there is my poor Asparagus! Last summer we transplanted roots from our daughter’s garden. A few stalks came up but we left them alone. I was so sure we’d have at least one meal this spring. It’s hard to tell, but there were 3 large roots spaced out in this bed!
Asparagus
Not much happening in the fenced garden on the hill…
…but the Echinacea at the far end is bursting with energy!
Luckily, Bert has the Tomato plants safe in the shop under grow lights for another month!
He just started Petunia seeds today…they’ll be red, white and blue…and we’ll plant them in the boxes on the patio.
Nothing too exciting…yet! I’m certainly glad some of the local farmers use greenhouses and tunnels to protect their plants. Pennsylvania weather in April and May is certainly unpredictable!
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