Yesterday Kelly and I went down to AGRA greenhouse and practically had to beg the owner to sell us plants. She said it was too early--everything's going to freeze and the wind will get whatever the frost doesn't. It's not that I necessarily disagree with her, but I was a little chagrined to find that apparently my money wasn't as green as I thought it was. We managed to talk her into selling us some snapdragons and stocks. I bought a flat and Kelly bought two flats. They're on the patio now, ready to be planted tomorrow.
Tonight in the garden we finished turning over the shady bed and turned in six more bags of mushroom compost (slightly larger 1.25 cubic feet bags versus the earlier 1 cubic foot bags). We got about 2/3 of the way through turning and composting the sunny bed before we had to break for dinner. All together we've turned in 18 bags of compost (19 cubic feet, if my math skills are holding). Dave would like to double that amount.
Our wish list is simpler this year:
greens
kohlrabi
radishes
carrots
tomatoes
jalapenos
cucumbers
peas
beans
sunflowers
Dave wants to forgo the broccoli, bell peppers, green chile, ground cherries, chard, kale, and corn. We'll see about zucchini. We'll plant basil on the patio where we can keep it shade and verdolagas in pots where we can keep it from spreading like the happy little weed it is.
A few onion slips and salad burnet (sp?) survived the winter in the beds (both the sunny and the shady beds) and parsley overwintered in the sunny bed.
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