Asparagus, Seedling & Geraniums
The days suddenly seem too short, there is so much to do. Most of the seedlings are brought outside during the day. The tomatoes are suffering a bit, too much too soon for them maybe. They’re sensitive at this age and it won’t be safe to set them in the garden until the end of the month. Cabbage, kale and bok choy stay out all day and night and will be planted out sooner. All the wintered- over geraniums are out too. They’re a bit leggy but once they get used to being outside, I’ll cut them back and repot them. If the temperatures dip too low, I’ll have to bring them in.
Picking up my seed potatoes, I couldn’t resist a gorgeous bundle of 2 year asparagus plants. Beware of impulse buys! I have an asparagus patch already, about a dozen plants. They’re just starting to peek through. I really didn’t need more but there’s nothing like fresh asparagus and they are perenniels.. Oh well. Asparagus beds have to be prepared properly. I used the space I had allocated for my potatoes. It was already prepared with good compost. I set the plants in and covered them with 6 wheelbarrows full of soil I have brewing beneath leaf piles in the back. I’ll continue to build up the bed on a weekly basis, adding more soil and amendments.. eggshells, compost, coffee grinds, etc. The process with potatoes is similar except I wont have to be as conscientious about keeping their plot as rich.
A couple dwarf apple trees and a tayberry bush arrived in the mail. Those will be planted out today. The trees are bare root so I set the roots in a bucket of water until I’m ready to go. Happy Spring!
Hooray for spring and the month of May!
LikeLiked by 1 person
My favorite gardening month, hooray!!
LikeLike
Your season is much like mine in Syracuse. Hauled thirty toms down the stairs and then back up two hours later today. Chard and etc already in grow tables. Kohlrabi, a first for me, looking very pleased with itself!
LikeLike
OOh, I forgot all about kohlrabi. I havent given that a try in many years. That is exciting! I’ll be glad when the seeds are finally all outside, lol. It’s so worth it, though.
LikeLiked by 1 person
All the activity must make you fit!
Barbara
Noddfacrafts
noddfacrafts.wordpress.com
LikeLike
Lol!! I wouldn’t describe myself as fit but hopefully by the end of the month I’ll be in better shape than I was a few weeks ago.
LikeLike
Thanks for the sight of spring – something for us Down Under to look forward to, though we still have to get through winter. Oh the arrival of new plants! I have to stop myself from acquiring more since I have no room but even when I don’t buy I propagate so the place is bursting. Surely this madness is a disease.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Garden nuts, lol! funny how we always find room for more:)
LikeLiked by 1 person
Lovely write up about what is happening for you in your garden Cynthia, much enjoyed. 🙂
LikeLike
Beautiful pics. I’m ready to hit pay dirt in the garden.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks! Happy, productive days to you!
LikeLike
The potted colours look so lovely against the sunny forsythia! I’m glad the weather is finally starting to warm for you 🙂
LikeLike
Thanks! Funny to think of all your Fall colors over there now. It was great being able to watch your garden progressing throughout my long winter:)
LikeLiked by 1 person
I had to look up what a Tayberry is. This is completely new to me and they have been around since the 1980s, I read. I let a little black raspberry cane grow up two years ago next to my building in the back and it is now a wild riot of canes. If only everything grew that indeterminately. Last year, I picked them to early and they were not sweet. My neighbor is the restaurant owner and when I presented her with a frozen package of cleaned black raspberries, she said that I picked them too early. But, believe it or not she made black raspberry ice cream and awarded it to me. It wad divine.
LikeLiked by 1 person
Black raspberry ice cream is one of my favorites..maple walnut and butter pecan too. You are such nice neighbors to each other. I’ve heard that people in the midwest are the friendliest in the country. I have a few 3 year old taybury bushes. I’m excited to see what the fruit is like. They cross pollinate and I lost a pollinator over the winter so I’m set back a little.
LikeLike
It wad divine?
LikeLike
Happy May Day, Cynthia! It’s such fun to see all of your over-wintered geraniums sunning on the patio! It feels so good to be busy in the garden again. Thanks for the reminders about amending the soil. Happy days in the garden! ♡
LikeLiked by 1 person
Thanks, Dawn! It is great to be back in the garden. Happy days to you!
LikeLike
All sounds great! We, ourselves, are actually finally able to leave our tomatoes and peppers out all the time now. We hope the tomatoes are in the ground in a week or so. Looking forward to seeing the progress of your gardens.
LikeLiked by 1 person
How fun! Everything seems to happen all at once this time of the year. Before you know it, we’ll be making tomato sandwiches:)
LikeLike
You’re so right! It is the busiest time of year in the garden. But if we work hard, we will be rewarded with delicious veggies for months to come! Enjoy your spring harvest!!!
LikeLike
So true and this type of work is a pleasure to me:)
LikeLike