Monday, March 30, 2009

Seeds are buried




On Sunday morning the sun poked out here and there between puffy clouds, so I made the most of it and was at the garden at 7:30am with a few seed packs and a thermos of tea. Lately, the sun is making very brief appearances, and so it is best to move without haste. Here is what I planted: 
  • Sparkler Radish (A block of it in a vacant spot in the NW corner of the garlic bed.)
  • Sugar Snap Peas (To climb the pvc-pipe hoops over the square raised beds.)
  • Purple Top White Globe Turnips (Under the snap peas.)
  • Beets (From the community seed supply in the shed—a donation from Ed Hume himself. Planted in the bed next to the blueberries and white currants.)
  • Mustard Greens (Again, from Ed. Planted next to the beets.)
  • Arugula (Seed I saved from last year. Planted under the snap peas.)
I also weeded the garlic bed and pounded stakes into the ground to secure the raised beds (Instead of nails or screws. The lazy way.). I poached subtly fragrant apple blossoms, bi-colored daffodils, and three true-pink camellias. It was a great start to the day. Later, it hailed.