got out today and started the clean up of the garden beds. The flower garden had old flower stalks pulled, marigold and echinacea seeds scattered, weeds pulled. Weeds pulled around the garlic and across from the garlic, some major weeds were forming. Took out old trellises and protective fencing, weeded, weeded, weeded. Cut down last years stalks in the asparagus bed.
Had to remove quite a few mullein plants. LOVE mullein, and it can grow outside the garden all it wants, but not in the beds themselves. But if it grows outside the beds, it scatters seeds everywhere. So some serious removal of plantlets had to be done.
in the flower beds, last year had put some small daffodil bulbs. The old established plants in the front yard are in full flower, but a few years ago had transferred some to a flower bed we were trying to establish by the greenhouse. That bed became the asparagus bed, so the bulbs went into the flower beds that surround the veggie garden. They have all come up with leaves. Doubt that we’ll get flowers, they were teeny almost lost bulbs, but in time, with water and care, they should take well.
In the green house cleaned out most of the original fall growth of lettuce. Just a few plants left there now, and am hoping to get some seeds of my favorites. Meanwhile, have made room to plant some chard seedlings in there.
The peas planted in the greenhouse, for some very unknown reason, only came up in half the container. Quite a straight demarcation line between those that have sprouted and those that did not. The ones that did are probably 3″ tall now, and am just seeing some sprouting in the other half of the container. Somehow must have planted those much deeper that the others. OR, because of the angle of the sun, the rest of the container wasn’t getting enough light. Very strange, but that’s gardening, a laugh a minute!
Oh yes, asparagus starting too. Some of the plants have been with me for years, but were just transferred into this bed, while others were just new to me planted last year. Will let all go to seed to make sure they are well established. Just feed and weed this year.
Almost lost the butterfly plant I’d bought last year, but see new growth there too. YEAH!!
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