Hello all, I thought I’d pop on and give my gardening update. I realized last week that though I love the idea of just putting out seeds and see what they produce, I love gardening, I love getting in the dirt, I love the projects that come with it. In fact, Hubby and I call it ‘dirt therapy’ because this is what keeps me sane! So, with that, be patient with me as I adjust to the philosophy here of being more hands-off.
I’ve got peppers, both sweet and hot started and many are sprouting nicely. I got 2 kinds of tomatoes, roma and cherry, started in flats, along with eggplant and okra. I planted out everglade tomatoes this afternoon after I finished the trellis at that point in the garden. I’ve got 2 fig trees to plant out, one next to a peach tree, and another in a flower garden. Both are aiming to be food forest areas or grocery row style, but not in rows. I’m too chaotic for nice rows!
I’ve got 400 onion starts in 4 different beds, and hoping to get a couple hundred onions out of them. But we’ll see. It might be that I fit in wonderfully here as I get distracted by some new project and leave stuff to languish sometimes.
I’m in zone 8 a/b. We had some cold weather, with the lowest temp reaching 14’ F. But now we’ve got a 15 day forecast of 60/70s in the daytime and 40/50s at night. Our average last freeze is March 15, but we might not get another. Which doesn’t bode well for a nice summer, and sadly, I can do nothing about the weather.
I’m trying not to do too much too fast, b/c I’ve got a history of tendonitis in my foot and when I do too much, it flairs up. But today, I finished my chicken coop renos! I was given a coop, so it needed some work and I got it done, finally! I’m thinking I’ll go get those chickens on Friday… yes, pullets. I don’t want to deal in chicks, I have cats and kids, I work from and homeschool, so life is already crazy. But I’ll take the crazy of chickens. I want eggs and poop! ha! I’m a gardener for sure.
Tomorrow, I’m going to seed the potatoes from here and the cucumber seeds I collected last year from cucs I grew then. And I’m sure I’ll find something else to plant out. Maybe I’ll transplant the figs, or compost my baby apple tree that is still growing after a week of freezing temps.
Thank your for letting me ramble!