April 2010 Archives

Our apologies for the lack of updates. It has been a busy and very rainy few days so not much gardening has been going on. We have transplanted the rest of our little seedlings to larger pots: some are thriving, some not. About two weekends ago, we did plant in the big bed some sweet peppers (bought), tomatoes (that we had started), and some basil. During that time, we have had two frosts so around 9 pm the night before Dan and I run out with a stack of boxes and placed those on top of plants. It seems to have worked, that extra bit of protection.
The same weekend we planted, we also spent a lot of time cleaning out the other beds. Right now, they're filled with those maple helicopter/spinner seeds - I've never wanted to cut down a tree so bad in my life. The beds look like little spinner graveyards.
Whenever the sun comes out again, the plans for the garden are building up the small bed with another level of wood to add depth. We will also be building up the netting. Right now, we have rather short bottom pipe (about two feet tall) and we want to bring that up to the same height as the big bed, about 4-5 feet.

There's a time before we plant in the garden and since we've started seeds in the seed starter, that I start to panic that we haven't bought enough seeds. Then I look at my stack of seeds, remind myself that I don't need to buy more then look at them online anyway.

Bad gardener.

Yesterday was our first day in the garden - oh how I've missed it! We have prepped the small bed and half of the big guy. In the latter, we've planted lettuce, spinach, kale, cabbage and carrots - all of those are cold hardy so that if we have a last rush of cold air, they'll be fine. Whilst prepping the small bed, I rediscovered some horseradish that I planted last year. I transferred that to a pot where it won't be disturbed by the corn that we're going to plant in that bed.

I also did quite a bit of repotting yesterday. Boris the Badass beanstalk now has his own pot and doesn't look happy about it. He's become very saggy so I worry that he isn't happy and will die soon. Alas. I also repotted about 15 little tomato plants and did some thinning in the seed starter. I'm very worried about the seeds that haven't sprouted yet and shall assume that they just aren't going to grow. Damnit.

Yesterday was also my first trip to Menards in months. A small secret: I have a dirty obsession with Menards. I love that store. I could spend all my time and money in there and never have regrets. I can't explain it. It's probably linked to taking trips there with my dad as a kid and I hated it. I would be so bored and he wouldn't let me bring a book (I was book obsessed as a child) - I hated it. Now, that place calls to me like a siren. And! We have to go back next weekend for more soil! Yahoo!