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Weeded the bare vegetable bed.Tidied the far-front bed where the is just starting to bloom.The first few daffodils (or narcissus?) are coming up, too. Tiny little drooping yellow blossoms.Starting pruning back the in the side yard — what a tangle. I sure hope I’m not messing anything up!Got some mulch on the front lawn, hoping it’ll fill in some of the bald/low patches.Pulled up the tangle of business in the herb beds; I’ll still need to till it in and add some Mel’s Mix before planting, but it’s a start.I was keeping them on the windowsill for a bit, but they got waaaaay too leggy and fell over, especially after I left town for a few days.They’ve recovered a bit since I got the grow light set up on the rolling cart, though then I put the light too low. I think the pure vermiculite — and maybe even coir+vermiculite — are a little low on nutrients. I either need to use a little compost or start fertilizing when they germinate.Just made up a mix with some compost (and pumice at the bottom) to salvage the leggiest of the broccoli and the one potentially salvageable parsley babby.The chives are slooooow to sprout. 2/20 have visibly germinated.I had to restart the onions, because they all collapsed. The new batch is just starting to germinate.
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January 16, 2021
Bought seeds today. The compost is moving slower than I’d hoped, but there are plenty of worms, which is heartening. I guess it’s just cold and damp; not much to be done about that!
Still feeling pretty mystified by a lot of the garden terminology: cloches and row covers and bone meal and so on. It feels like a lot!
January 18, 2021
I have a plan for what to plant in each veggie plot! No lettuces this year, since we forget to eat them. 24 sq feet sounds like SO much in the planning phase. And I ordered supplies for an irrigation system from Gardener’s Supply.
The garlic is starting to poke up through my mulch-and-netting fortification. I’m hoping my plan for row cover and netting and irrigation will deter the squirrels, and I won’t have to get a hawk whistle and terrorize the neighborhood.
@v12-Garlic
January 19, 2021
Started 4 broccoli seeds today (two more than I need for and ). Took a few minutes to gather my supplies, but then it was simple. So far I’m using half-and-half coco coir and vermiculite — we’ll see how that goes!
@w1-Broccoli
@v3-Broccoli
v3-Broccoli
w1-Broccoli
January 22, 2021
So many mystery shoots coming up! New soil thermometer says the raised bed is at about 43F. The back section near the fence is more like 40F. And the compost is a balmy 55F. Got the second batch of onion seeds started, so now the broccoli, 6 parsley, and 2 cups of onion seeds are chilling in the dining room while I try to figure out exactly how much water they need and watch the soil anxiously.
v18-Onion
January 24, 2021
The broccoli and onion seeds are just starting to sprout!
January 28, 2021
Got the shed cleaned out yesterday. Compost is running a little cold, but now I have burlap to cover it, and have incorporated coffee chaff from Conor. All 4 broccoli shoots are looking strong, but the baby onions are looking a little bedraggled; it’s possible I under-watered them for a day or two. The parsley is still a mystery, but I think that’s expected.
I pulled up whatever was coming up in the vegetable bed (lillies, maybe), either volunteers or planted by squirrels. They were impressively deep — sometimes 8-10” — and I didn’t always succeed at getting the bulb/rhizome. Strongly suspect my garlic square will be flanked by a few flowers! Otherwise, the soil in that bed is still looking great.
January 30, 2021
Started the chives — about 40 seeds, in hopes that I’ll get 30 or so plants. And another 6 squares of parsley, this time with a bit of vermiculite on top. I think the burlap sacks are helping the compost — it’s up to 53F or so. The raised beds are still down around 40-45F.
e4-Parsley2
v23-Chives
v24-Chives
February 27, 2021
High of 45F today, but the compost is at nearly 60! The birds are making all kinds of good noise and the plants are busting up all over — of course, I don’t know what most of them are!
@Periwinkle
@Grape (seedless)
🌱Update on seedlings 🌱
f11-Periwinkle
b9-Grape (seedless)
v14-Tomatoes
c1-Thyme
w1-Broccoli
v3-Broccoli
v20-Peppers
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