Sunday, February 12, 2012

The Waiting Game

All the hard work is done. I prepped the beds with worm and chicken poo. Tilled last years mulch under. Cleared out all the old dead plants from last year and thew them into the new hot compost pile. And laid the seed for my winter crop. Planted about 15 different patches of vegetables altogether.

It's been awfully warm around these parts, we have not had a cold or wet winter at all. Although my water bill does not appreciate this, it also makes for rapid seed germination. It's the waiting game at this point.

Ready. Set. Grow.

Most of the seed packs I used for Winter, not including potatoes, onions, peas and beans
Swiss chard
Pea trellis
Pea sprouts
Baby Carrots
Kohlrabi
Stella Bell the Duck
Radish
New gardening station/germination sun table for this warm winter. Germinating tomatoes for March transplant. 
Artichoke
New compost hot pile this year: All food scraps but meat and dairy, Stella's straw soiled bedding and grass clippings
Photobomb.
Side bed, arugula seedlings at base
Back yard raised bed
5 Elephant garlic, used the ones I grew last year to propagate new ones for this season
Red Onions, 60 of 'em
Good 'ol Yukon Potatoes