ROUNDUP IS ALMOST OVER
I have almost finished rounding up the strays. All those tiny little seedlings are now where they belong in the new flowerbed. That is all except the poppies. They are still way too tiny to make the attempt so I have been faithfully watering them for an hour each day to hurry up the process. I can't plant any vegetables until they all get moved.
The new flowerbed is looking great and getting fuller all the time. I can hardly wait for everything to be in bloom. So far I have enjoyed the white tulips, crocus and grape hyacinth. The pink hyacinth just opened yesterday so that is exciting.
I had to come and let everyone know that I had something funny happen the other day by accident. I had washed up an old doll bed and had it sitting at the edge of the garden until I could think of something to use it for and as I walked by being in a hurry I through my hand tool into it. I started to laugh as the thought came to my mind, "I am putting my tools to bed for the night!" I shared it with my husband and he said I should share it with the blog.
I am so thankful for those volunteer plants which just come up in the spring on their own. We have been enjoying salads for weeks now and the garden wasn't even planted yet. My lettuce and radishes are just at the leaf stage so it will be a while yet before we can cut any of that but my spinach and green onions have been cut constantly.
The strawberry plants have been put in and now the long wait for berries. They are looking great however and it is still exciting to watch them grow.
Our snow also has gone at last and the sunshine is beautiful. I was able to plant my carrots, beets and parsnips (these from the seeds from a plant from last year)
I will wait a few weeks before I brave putting out the tomatoes or basil or peppers.
Speaking of which I should share with you that I wanted to put in some hot peppers and didn't want to buy a whole package of seeds as I would have them for many, many years to come. I decided to buy one little pepper and cut out the seeds and dry them and that little pepper cost all of 18 cents. I got 21 plants came up and I thought I only planted 18 seeds. Go figure. I will keep you all up to date on how the plants progress and if they produce so you can also try this method.
The new flowerbed is looking great and getting fuller all the time. I can hardly wait for everything to be in bloom. So far I have enjoyed the white tulips, crocus and grape hyacinth. The pink hyacinth just opened yesterday so that is exciting.
I had to come and let everyone know that I had something funny happen the other day by accident. I had washed up an old doll bed and had it sitting at the edge of the garden until I could think of something to use it for and as I walked by being in a hurry I through my hand tool into it. I started to laugh as the thought came to my mind, "I am putting my tools to bed for the night!" I shared it with my husband and he said I should share it with the blog.
I am so thankful for those volunteer plants which just come up in the spring on their own. We have been enjoying salads for weeks now and the garden wasn't even planted yet. My lettuce and radishes are just at the leaf stage so it will be a while yet before we can cut any of that but my spinach and green onions have been cut constantly.
The strawberry plants have been put in and now the long wait for berries. They are looking great however and it is still exciting to watch them grow.
Our snow also has gone at last and the sunshine is beautiful. I was able to plant my carrots, beets and parsnips (these from the seeds from a plant from last year)
I will wait a few weeks before I brave putting out the tomatoes or basil or peppers.
Speaking of which I should share with you that I wanted to put in some hot peppers and didn't want to buy a whole package of seeds as I would have them for many, many years to come. I decided to buy one little pepper and cut out the seeds and dry them and that little pepper cost all of 18 cents. I got 21 plants came up and I thought I only planted 18 seeds. Go figure. I will keep you all up to date on how the plants progress and if they produce so you can also try this method.
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