This is turning into an all-gardening blog
Probably because I have no writing to report and dayjob sucks all my time and energy.
Have prepped several boxes to be ready for planting. Have planted peas and lettuce, because they like the cooler weather. Also planted green beans (a bit early, probably) and pak choi.
And then I committed Seed Ordering, which in this case also included seed potatoes. There will not be enough room in my garden for everything this year, even with the addition of two more Earthboxes and a third open box!
It's a sickness.
Corn goes in next week or the week after--it's technically early for my part of the country, but the EBs have warmer soil than the ground, and I don't care if a frost kills them and I have to replant.
Also on the schedule for later:
tomatoes (of course)
watermelon
cucumbers
beets
these random Japanese greens my BFF's mom gave me seeds for (no idea what they are--the packaging is in Japanese).
frisee
carrots
catnip, maybe
basil
parsley
sage
rosemary
(the thyme is a perennial and it's already green and growing. Ditto the chives, even though they're not in the song.)
Also staring hard at the myoga bed and hoping they come back. They're a rhizome/perennial, so they should, but that patch got a pile of moss over it. I pulled up the moss, but don't see the roots anywhere. Not that I should. But I really have to resist the urge to start digging around to find them.
I also have a whole bunch of strawberry plants that are the offshoots of one from last year. I need to transplant them from the Earthbox to a different box (I want the EB for corn).
I also ordered some flower seeds for things that are perennials, but need to be started indoors. We'll see where they end up going. I have 2 huge rosebushes already (they REALLY need to get trimmed back this autumn!), and two Russian sage that are bloody unkillable. And I planted a bunch of bulbs including 5 peonies. So we'll see what comes up!
Also continuing the plan to put a hedge at the back of the property. I don't think the boxwoods survived the winter, so I'll ask Rachel to bring me more (Rachel donated the last two. She has a bunch at her place that she's trying to get rid of. I gave her black-eyed susans in exchange).
I may need to draw an actual diagram of what I want to grow, and where. Yikes.