by matt walker » Fri Mar 23, 2012 5:25 pm
Oh wow, that's crazy warm. Glad to hear you got a good start on the hugels. Lolly, i was really thinking of you when I wrote the review of "A Pattern Language." Forgive me if you are familiar with it, but I sure wish I had been when I started figuring how I was going to lay things out around here. I feel it's absolutely invaluable to someone in your position.
I had a big day in the garden yesterday. It was not terribly nice weather, but not snowing anyway! I dug another sloped bed/swale and got my onion sets in. About 300 or so for now. I mulched like crazy as I got another round bale on Wednesday, so it's all getting covered. Planted two Grapes I had purchased from the nursery.
Then I started planting the things I had started inside, and some herbs from the nursery.
Planted out: Oregano, Egyptian Walking Onion, Welsh Onion, Chinese Artichoke, Borage, Rosemary, Thyme, Blue Hyssop, Catnip, Lemon Balm, Jerusalem Artichoke, Chinese Yam, Globe Artichoke, Joi Hoi.
Planted in low tunnel: Globe Artichoke, Water Cress, Purslane, Strawberry Spinach, Fennel, Sorrel, Italiko Rossa, NZ Spinach, Corn Salad, Miner's Lettuce, Radicchio Rossa, Orach, Baby Chinese Cabbage, Edible Chrysanthemum, Joi Hoi, Feverfew, Blue Hyssop, Fenugreek, Loveage, Parsley.
Then I came inside and transplanted all my tomato starts into bigger pots, and started some new pepper seeds I received this week.
Today, more mulching, more digging beds.