well, much is going on with our gardens this year. i have a ton of things going under lights in the basement: tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, lettuce, herbs, flowers, etc. hardening off under our new cold frame (thanks mom!) are our cabbage, brocolli, and thyme seedlings. on the porch are the window boxes, filled with runner beans, lobelia, and impatiens. in the front yard, the crocus are blooming and all sorts of other bulbs are coming up. the lilac in the back is budding.
last week i built an archway for the garden out of fallen twigs and twine. it proved to be structurally unsound. so, plan b - bamboo, twine, and chicken wire. it cost us just $15 to build! it also proved very stable (mainly due to bill’s assistance). some pictures are below. in a few months, it will hopefully be covered in morning glories, moon flowers, sweet peas, and cow peas.
we’re hoping to transplant the cabbage, brocolli, thyme, and some lettuce this weekend…as well as direct seeding peas, kale, collards, chard, spinach, lettuce, and some herbs and flowers.
the new arch way!…added some paths & coldframe (green). (straw mulch is under the blue tarp).
