I got a late start to blogging but gardening is well underway! April was a mixed bag, weather-wise, but I had lots of time to do a general clean up. The beds all got a thorough weeding and shaping. I also thinned and burned most of the dead raspberry canes.
Some early seeds went in the second week, including 110 feet of peas, 25 feet of spinach (below) and 20 potatoes. The spinach is up. No sign of the peas yet.
In early May, I put in two beds of carrots, spendings one time loosening the soil below the rows in the hope of giving the carrots and easier time of things.
I also put out the tomatoes we've grown (some black Russians and some blush). The threat of first has passed and they were getting awfully leggy in the house.
The perennials are doing well. The haskap berries are flowering and the raspberries are putting out leaves. I was also hay to see the cherry and both pears survive the winter, along with the apple trees.
The rhubarb are also up. I still have a bunch of squash on the window sill. Some are getting quite viney and need to go in the ground, maybe tomorrow if the rain stops. The eggplants I grew have been a bit of a dud (I imagine I did something wrong).
I also spent some time reworking the drainage of the house and garage to put the water into the garden in anticipation of a mother dry summer. My hope this year is to blog every two weeks at least.
