Potatoes and lettuce

As gardening Edmonton tends to go, last week's winter has become this week's full-on spring. A few days of warmth have melted most of the snow.

Jess noticed the poppies were coming up mid-week in the front planter and by Friday the wild onion and tulips on the south side were up.

We went out Saturday and planted a box full of lettuce and radishes for some early greens. The back beds melt out first and get a nice bounce from the garage so heat up quickly. And no one seems to steal leafy greens!

I was smoothing out the beds in the front and noticed am immense amount of bunny poop.

Sunday we pounded in the posts for the pea/bean trellis. Jess can now handle the sledgehammer without me. Notice, though, I am standing well away while taking this picture.

The trellis went up on the north side of the front beds this year. We will plant peas shortly (tomorrow maybe). Beans and sunflowers (in behind) will follow.

I then graded and dug half the front beds for potatoes while Jess cut the seed potatoes. We went wit blue caribe this year--they have been the best of the potatoes in terms of size and scab resistance.

I then sat down while Jess dropped the spuds in and covered the holes. We also did a bunch of potatoes around back (again a safe alley crop as no one knows what they are).

We will plant some peas this coming week and then also put in a couple of hundred onion sets. The back yard needs to dry out a touch before we do any more digging.