Finally starting to look like gardening season around here!
The pond is open and the patio cleared of all winter debris.......
if there was only time to sit down and have a cool drink!
As Spring approaches here in Northeastern Ohio this best sums up
my task list......
but then the payoff is big......
The lilac is assaulting us with fragrance at the moment.
no complaints!
Lettuce, Peas, Onions, Strawberries, Shallots, Carrots, Scarlet Runner Beans and Parsley are coming along nicely.
The herbs against the studio all survived: lavender, oregano, sage, mint, thyme and a small
dianthus (baths cheddar).
The Perennial beds suffered major losses after last winter.
Everything dead or dying was chucked and replaced by something edible.
Teucrium border was replaced with jalapeno peppers....
Hibiscus moscheutos was replaced with white eggplant and purple.
Ancho Peppers also found a home in the perennial beds.
Meanwhile across the lawn the patio bed was planted with
sweet peppers, zucchini, 3 varieties of bush beans, 8 heirloom tomatoes, sweet basil,
8 corriander, 8 english cucumbers, 4 celery plants, stevia, chives and dill sprinkled at the fence.
English daisies and marigold seeds were sprinkled along the patio border, fingers crossed they emerge and become pollinators.
The way back gardens are coming along nicely. Blackberries I thought were toast have emerged from root stock. Garlic, peas, beets, carrots, more beans, daikon radish, and borders of zinnias and nasturtiums......
Potatoes are up and ready to hill by weeks end.
This little bed has 4 brussel sprouts, broccoli, bok choi and nasturtiums planted in the
cinder block for a border.
More lettuce..... what was I thinking??
If you pass the house you will have a bag of lettuce thrown at you!
Raspberries were transplanted last month and look great .....
but then they are raspberries.....
Spinach and Swiss Chard coming along ....
More lettuce, 3 types of radishes and kale.
Nasturtiums are planted in the cinder blocks....
The currants have fruited for the first time!!
The deer have already checked out the gooseberries.
So far, no touching, fingers are crossed!
Rhubarb...... very happy and harvested!
Chickens are back to business.....
Argh..... those trees that took me out are finally being split and stacked!
And the frogs have returned.....
Got those big pots in the studio trimmed too....
moving slow this morning but high garden satisfaction is in order :)
and this is why I blog.....
she is off to lead a group of 20 teenagers backpacking along the Great Wall of China for
American University for 2 weeks, then back to Benin and MAMACARTS..... safe travels and remember our motto: If it's dead, eat it!
