May’s such a lovely month! We’ve got flowers, we’ve got early crops to harvest and eat, we’ve got sunshine and warm weather again… It’s a good month for getting things done! Of course, that’s assuming your power didn’t get knocked out by a surprise storm, like ours did. Good for getting spinning done! Not so…
April decided to throw some surprise cold weather at us this year, and then flipped over to switch things up with about three days of summer-like heat, which massively delayed all garden projects for the whole month. Oh, well, at least it’s nice outside now! Gardening I haven’t gotten to transplant my warm-weather crops like…
April should be a busy month! Now that everything’s gone back to green and growing, and the weather’s warming up, there’s a lot more things to do outside! Gardening Direct-Sowing & Transplanting This is a late-April-possibly-not-until-early-May-depending-on-the-weather thing, but once the weather’s warmed up for good and there’s no more risk of frost, it’ll be time…
March has spent most its time jumping between woodstove weather and lovely spring days. Not too much longer until the weather here goes so hot we’ll be running to hide from the sun, instead of basking in it! outdoors The first flush of spring flowers has hit, and the earliest of them are already starting…
It’s March!! Finally, finally, there can be some gardening things happening! Garden Setting up the row cover It’s time to set up the row cover! This should be happening pretty soon- mostly just waiting on the ground to dry up a bit, since we’ve gotten so much wet weather. The row covers provide a slightly…
I had good intentions, but alas, I continue to be terrible at sticking with plans. The bulb patch finally got (mostly) cleared out, just in time for the first daffodils! Tulips are starting to push their way out the ground, so it shouldn’t be too much longer till they’re blooming too! I did get the…