I have a neighbor who enjoys gardening but has been thrown out of her house this spring by contractors intent on making my house look crappier. I often time my plantings by hers. She feels the itch about the same time I do, but tends to be of a more hopeful spirit. Last weekend I ran into her as she picked around her yard for debris left by the aforementioned contractors. Strangely this came to mind, though she was picking up debris not food.
In any case, without her guidance, I’m on my own. Usually I just figure she’s being overzealous and I add two weeks to whatever she does. This year she came mentioned that perhaps I ought to be putting peas in the ground. I scoffed. “Scoff” I said, it’s going to get cold again. “Scoff,” she scoffed back.
I’m thinking of planting peas this weekend, even though looking back over last year’s blog posts it seems as though it was around mid-April last year. https://valleyadvocate.com/blogs/home.cfm?aid=13427
I have had a chance to plant some broccoli and of course I planted onions a while again. This year I learned two things about planting these vegetables. With broccoli — I have much faster germination when I just press the seeds into the soil without burying them. In the image below I planted some seeds a week and a half ago. Very few germinated, so I left them under the weak grow lights I had. Those that germinated are no leggy. The short ones germinated in just three days. Now I’ll start giving them some better light.
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The second thing I learned concerns onion seedlings. For years I’ve read that you should trim them so they don’t get too tall before you plant them out. They never seemed to like it, so this year I ignored the advice. They are much happier. Lesson learned. I’m one of those “hard way” learners.
I have a neighbor who enjoys gardening but has been thrown out of her house this spring by contractors intent on making my house look crappier. I often time my plantings by hers. She feels the itch about the same time I do, but tends to be of a more hopeful spirit. Last weekend I ran into her as she picked around her yard for debris left by the aforementioned contractors. Strangely this came to mind, though she was picking up debris not food.
In any case, without her guidance, I’m on my own. Usually I just figure she’s being overzealous and I add two weeks to whatever she does. This year she came mentioned that perhaps I ought to be putting peas in the ground. I scoffed. “Scoff” I said, it’s going to get cold again. “Scoff,” she scoffed back.
I’m thinking of planting peas this weekend, even though looking back over last year’s blog posts it seems as though it was around mid-April last year.
I have had a chance to plant some broccoli and of course I planted onions a while again. This year I learned two things about planting these vegetables. With broccoli — I have much faster germination when I just press the seeds into the soil without burying them. In the image below I planted some seeds a week and a half ago. Very few germinated, so I left them under the weak grow lights I had. Those that germinated are no leggy. The short ones germinated in just three days. Now I’ll start giving them some better light.
The second thing I learned concerns onion seedlings. For years I’ve read that you should trim them so they don’t get too tall before you plant them out. They never seemed to like it, so this year I ignored the advice. They are much happier. Lesson learned. I’m one of those “hard way” learners.
