It has been pretty cold, rainy and snowy this whole month. Not too much growing right now. The spinach, mizuna and pak choi is holding on, but it is so small it is not worth harvesting, I'll see if it makes it through the winter as an experiment. The daffodils we planted last fall are starting to peek through and I have found a few other mystery plants coming up, very excited to see what spring brings!
There hasn't been too much gardening work going on, although we have been taking our compost up every week and on a walk though the forest discovered that the city was removing some older trees! We found one pile of "mulch" from the sawing (got distributed on the berries) and another of pine stems ( I am going to try them around the strawberry plants we planted last fall to see if the sharp needles deter slugs). So needless to say, we went back, grabbed our bikes and some large bags and filled up on some free, carbon neutral mulch!
Also, it appears after some research that our last frost free date is May 15th, later than I had thought, so I will be adjusting the seed starting accordingly. Also our latitude is about the same as Seattle and shares a similar rainy and cool summer climate, so any tips from western gardeners welcome!
I think we have all the basic seeds we want in order, but I am looking forward to my next trip to the US so I can order some specialty seeds (especially Mexican chile varieties and Asian veggies). Most of the US seed companies don't deliver here, and I haven't found a good supplier for interesting varieties here yet.
There hasn't been too much gardening work going on, although we have been taking our compost up every week and on a walk though the forest discovered that the city was removing some older trees! We found one pile of "mulch" from the sawing (got distributed on the berries) and another of pine stems ( I am going to try them around the strawberry plants we planted last fall to see if the sharp needles deter slugs). So needless to say, we went back, grabbed our bikes and some large bags and filled up on some free, carbon neutral mulch!
Also, it appears after some research that our last frost free date is May 15th, later than I had thought, so I will be adjusting the seed starting accordingly. Also our latitude is about the same as Seattle and shares a similar rainy and cool summer climate, so any tips from western gardeners welcome!
I think we have all the basic seeds we want in order, but I am looking forward to my next trip to the US so I can order some specialty seeds (especially Mexican chile varieties and Asian veggies). Most of the US seed companies don't deliver here, and I haven't found a good supplier for interesting varieties here yet.
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