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Yetzirah

Late Start
Tue May 13 2014

  I am feeling the crunch of not having my garden put in yet. But we have had such a cold spring, that it seemed foolhardy to start too soon. I made the mistake of checking this entry from last year just one day shy of today's date... http://www.deardiary.org/yetzirah/2013/05/14/how-does-your-garden-grow-2/ Look at those peas!  Boo Hoo! However, a few weeks after those pictures were taken, we had a bad cold spell and my potatoes got really frosted. It took them quite a while to recover. Though the peas and onions didn't care a bit. This is what my garden looks like today, after I hoed weeds and raked up piles of rocks…. Garden Prep1   And this...   Garden Prep2   The only things growing are the berries, some sweet peas in pots, some transplanted volunteer sunflowers, and this marvel... sweet william1   A Sweet William. It was just a little tyke last year, but braved that crazy cold winter and is starting to bloom... sweet william2   Oh, how I love them! Anyway, I just need to haul away those piles of rocks I raked up and till. Then I'll be ready to plant. However the tiller is out of commission right now. It's fate will be known in a few days I hope. If it is not available, I am thinking of taking the radical [for me] step of just preparing the rows myself with a shovel. I mean, I don't plant seeds ALL over the garden, just in certain spots. We shall see if I go all medieval or not.  It will depend on my level of alarm at not having some seeds in the ground. It's getting pretty high right now…. ! Oh, yes. The first Iris is blooming just today. Notice the spider perched on the very top of it! iris     lime wild        
3 Comments
  • From:
    Dustbunny3 (Legacy)
    On:
    Tue May 13 2014
    Pretty Iris!! I fear not as knowing you the garden will come Alive. I got my sound working with help from SON Great to have music at last.
  • From:
    Mamallama (Legacy)
    On:
    Wed May 14 2014
    I went out to my veg garden today and my Iris are covered in buds!! I can't wait for them to open. I'm getting the urge to plant my veg garden, too. May have to happen soon. I mean REALLY soon.
  • From:
    Institches (Legacy)
    On:
    Thu May 15 2014
    Our days have been back and forth...... one day it's 80 the next 45...... makes it a little hard to decide what can go in, so much of my garden is still sitting in little pots in a makeshift cold frame. Maybe tomorrow before the rains return......... wishful thinking??