Easter Weekend

It was a very busy Easter weekend. Major home renovations in the kitchen and a 15 seat Easter Dinner kept us moving the whole time. Every one had a great Easter. After things settled I was able to sneak outside and put some spinach and broccoli I bought Saturday out in the cold Frame I built this winter.
I also bought some Perlite and Vermiculite

I am going to add this to my peat moss. My lettuce looks really scrawny and I want to see if aerating the soil will help the rooting.The chives we planted last year made it and they look really happy after a week in the frame.

Finally, I planted the onion transplants that I planted too deep last year and didn't come up till late summer. I don't hold out hope that they will produce but companion wisdom has said onions and strawberries get along. Hopefully we'll have some tasty strawberries this here. Here is a fuzzy picture of my sleeping strawberry patch.

Spring Is Not Yet In The Air

We need spring. We need it desperately and, usually, we need it before God is willing to give it to us.
- Peter Gzowski, Spring Tonic

Despite our best efforts Spring has not yet sprung. Which is clear from the fact that the freezing +40MPH winds took the power out around here Saturday night. Not to mention is was 30 degrees and very windy sunday.My beautiful daughter Annie and I had time earlier in the Day to check on the worms and start the first of the spring flats. Annie Planted beefsteak tomatoes and spinach. I planted all the lettuce, green peppers, red peppers and eggplant.

Next Monday is St. Patty's Day which is the day to plant peas. More on that here http://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/16/garden/16natu.html

We are putting in some sugar snaps. I am going to try (weather and time permitting) to finish my cold frame construction and get the soil loosened around the pea trellis I made last year.