Daffodils at last

My daffodils are up!

We are living in a north side of the hills so they are late.

 Japanese pieris in bloom.

 Baby spinach

Green peas- the fist one, started inside in February, look not very healthy, but still the first.

 The first guy in the block, Niagara grapes.

 Another strawberry bed , just covered with black mulch. And tulips in the middle.

 The tomatoes in the greenhouse, mulched with shredded leaves and junipers.

 Cuces - the first one.

 Greens - kohlrabi, red mustard and napa cabbage.

 Another green bed

 First asparagus Mary Washington, planted last year.

 Red currant - my love

Mid April garden update

Warm days, cold nights, my greenhouse thermometer shows only +2C minimum.
But we are not afraid of cold anymore!

Strawberries are good on the black top.

 Garlic - green and tall.

 More garlic,  kohlrabi and baby kale.

Overwintered boc choi.

 Overwintered blue kale

 Radish bed, big leaves but no radishes yet.

 Baby asian greens.

 Celery, may be it is too cold for them.

 Inside the greehhouse. Left - peppers and cucumbers (not germinated yet), right tomatoes and flowers and trays.

 Even +2C (+35.5 F) does not make my peppers feel sad.

 Cucumber - experiment started inside at 1/1/2013. The cuce is 1-1/2 inches now.

 Peppers row.

 Tomatoes - may be too narrow, 1-2 feet space between.

 I planted them almost horizontally, adding some bone meal to the hole.

 Those first tomatoes were planted 3 days ago and now they are standing almost up.

 Baby basil - cute!

 Spinach - can't wait to eat.

 Baby lemon balm - cute too.

Zinnias and teddy sunflowers.

I did it ...before the rain! or greenhouse day 4

I did it!

There should be rainy and much cooler days and I wanted the finish my greenhouse, at least I can work inside.
And there were a lot of green waiting for transplalting before the rains - like those winter -sowed tat soy.

 There is a door frame.

 I add a bout 1 inch space between the walls and door frame for extra insulation.

 And celery and fennel are waiting for me.

 Lettuces and mustard.

 I also added string support to reduce wind flapping.

 Meanwhile red currant grows such nice shots!

Green peas are coming!









So back to the door! I had some old laminate floor panels, I cut it to 6 equal triangles.










The frame is ready, I covered the screws with duck tape

 The last minute before the next chore - I added door hinges and  - the door is (almost) ready.

I need the door knob, insulation,  upper and lower parts and may be more later, but I am ready to work  inside tomorrow when the rain will start!

Can you believe I never did something like this! This is my first project such big (and a garden fence too)



For the greenhouse project I used the ideas from

50-dollar-hoop-house-green-house
Thank you!!!

Harvest Monday - April 8, 2013

 My harvest today (and I believe it will be my everyday spring harvest now!) was-
tatsoy, garlic greens, mustard, komatzuna, some lettuces, radishes leaves and thinned turnips (on the right).

The tatsoy looks like a green rose!





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Garden update -April

 Th hoop house is almost ready! Those days are so windy, it is very hard to work.










I need to add more support to the roof, the door and ventilation.

 Th hoop house is 11 feet wide, and I made the beds wide too.












It was 20 C today inside and only 12 C outside and very windy.

 

This is my winter sowed spinach, some root were so long!

 

 I planted them with kitchen-window-parley inside.

 Outside in the garden some greens are good, some not. This is boc choi, very nice one.
:)

 Transplanted radishes do not forming bulbs, only red root.
:(

 Napa cabbage grows twice bigger in one week!
:)

Green bed - some of them are bolting. :(

Harvest Monday - April 1st, 2013

I am harvesting a bowl of greens every other day now, not so much , but fresh salad. And overwintered tat soy  started to bolt, so I will get may be dozen of them those days.

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