First planting and chicks video

Spring started tonight!!! Appropriately, I spent a lot of the day outside.


The nice woman raising my baby chicks sent me this video recently. They're young things still, but should be coming home in a couple weeks or so!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IQLeK_FdPwc


Today was a beautiful sunny day (after a rainy morning to get all the soil good and wet) for planting. I got all of the onions, garlic, peas, and greens planted (however I still need to get some more spinach and lettuce seeds!).



Putting the yellow onion sets in neat 3" spaced rows and columns:

 

They're all the right way up, of course.

 

16x15 (should have done one more row!)

 

Red onions next:

 

Garlic in the other corner:

 

The whole bed planted - a little open space still.

 

I added 2-3" of homemade potting soil on top of all the bulbs. It's like I was never here...

 

Building supports for the pea trellis. This fence is going to be way too useful...

 

Planting 2 rows of peas along the west edge of the long west bed:

 

See them in the little finger-holes?

 

In the north half (from L to R), Wylie House Whippoorwill Cowpea, Wylie HouseCorne de Belier Snow Pea, and leftover Sugar Snaps (Burpee) from 2009.

 

In the south half (from L to R), Red Rosa Farms Snow Peas and Sugar Snap Peas:

 

Planting the greens.

 

I planted 4' x 2' of spinach. It won't be enough.

 

It's just Burpee Spinach. Heirloom to come.

 

Moving north, planting lettuce next.

 

Tiny little lettuce seeds!

 

Yeah, it's just Burpee Lettuce.

 

Moving north, more greens.

 

These endives are left over from last year - I never planted them before.

 

They came in a variety pack of salad greens, and now that I have extra space...

 

Arugula goes next to the endives. Just a small patch.

 

Arugula seeds are really pretty!

 

South half of the peas/greens bed all planted!

 

Starting into the north half of the greens... more lettuce!

 

Fancy-name lettuce from the Wylie House seed sale.

 

Moving north with more lettuce:

 

Sounds exotic! Spreading it out thin for a greater yield, hopefully.

 

The last 3-4' on the right will be used for more spinach and speckled trout lettuce and whatever else looks good in the store.

 

First Spring Sunset!

 

View of the gardens from the east edge of the yard. This will be much greener (and less cluttered/messy) very soon!