Time is fleeting! I seem to have less and less of it lately. I have been meaning to journal for two weeks now without sucess so today I am taking advantage of the lazy day! The men folk are fishing, the ladies are napping and I finally have some time......finally. So much has changed in the last 15 or so days. Early tulips are done blooming, columbines are starting to pop, as well as the many iris's. The asparagas harvest is over and now the radishes, parsley, mints and cold frame lettuce are in full swing. The tomatoes, peppers, broccoli and alpine strawberries have been patiently waiting to be planted..... and I plan on doing that tonight - I promise! It has been so cold and rainy the last few days, feeling more like april than the end of May. Thats ok, I'll just put milk jugs over the peppers and egg plant until further notice! But enough with words, I'll let mama nature tell you whats going on in her neck of the woods.
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Doing pretty good ready to be planted
with warm season crops |
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The peas are finally catching on hopfully it
doesn't get too hot too soon for them! |
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Leaf lettuce, by the time it gets too warm,
the peas will shade them |
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| Kale |
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| We'll have strawberries soon! |
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| Chives, sweet melissa, fennel, parsley |
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Tomatoes, Peppers, Verbena, Broccoli,
Eggplants, and Alpine Strawberries |
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| Bunch o' radishes |
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| These radishes were spicey lil buggers! |
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| Diamond posing by the deck |
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Same spot by the deck a week and
a half later |
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| Allium |
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| Same Alliun a week and a half later |
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| Miniature Iris |
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| Giant Yellow Iris |
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Giant Yellow Iris.
Looks kind of like a basset hound to me! |
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| A little bee collecting some pollen |
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| Fancy Columbine with Star of Bethleham in the background |
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| Black Barlow Columbine |
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| Lilacs! Lilacs! Lilacs! |
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| Wind Flower |
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| Sea Thrift |
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| My three late Tulips, 3 feet tall! |
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| Fringy Tulip |
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| Pasque Anemonie |
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| The Great Basselope foraging for grass..... |
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| Caught! |
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| Not from my yard, but pretty none the less! |
Did you grow your strawberries from seed?
ReplyDeleteI grew alpine strawberries from seed. They are a tiny strawberry that forms clumps, not runners. The standard strawberries were from a greenhouse last year. They were started as bare roots. The bare roots are extremely easy!
ReplyDeleteThanks Joanna. I'll have to try that next year. I tried to grow strawberries from seed but I didn't know any better and I bought the wrong variety. They stayed about 1/2 an inch tall for 3 months before they just sort of whither away.
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