Kohlrabi
seed planted today;
a whole square 23"x23" , 60cm x 60cm
also another batch corn salad (Broadleaf Dutch)
we had more rain last night and during the day
everything is covered with clear plastic umbrellas,
so when the sun comes out my patch gets "hot" under the umbrellas,
but frost will still come into May/June
when I will plant beans, tomatoes, cucumbers etc
and New Zealand Spinach, all along a 15 feet trellis and some other trellis
also applied six bags cow manure to the hedge, lilies, everlastings and hostas
also fed the birds, expanding the bird drinking fountain
I planted no flowers yet: got especially climbing Nasturtium seed for another trellis
I get about two dozen plus Geraniums in pots; mostly red
none of last year survived inside
After the rain the ground is not workable; I have to watch this closely day by day
All the leaves and grass I had raked up into a large compost bed 3feetx 6feet
I topped it this morning with the 'ant hill' clay dirt I kept covered in two buckets;
and 'raked' it in with the wet grass and decaying leaves
somehow this will be raked back and goes onto/near the to be planted beans as mulch;
this is probably the last rain we get in April and after the desert takes over again;
like I said elsewhere, here we have the most sunshine in Canada
my amaranth will be mixed with red clover so to make sure
I have earth covered with some sort of growing mulch
Up front I think of planting more lettuce in the cool shade for the summer
everything I do so far is to get salads and vegetables on the table;
it's only ten weeks until the days are getting shorter again
and the fall crop needs to be planted, kept watered and protected from the sun heat...
This is Zone 2a2b probably 3a;
I never gardened in this sort of zone before
I have all kinds of Chinese vegetable seeds,
early stuff to eat
early stuff to be seeded for fall harvest etc
I got carrot seeds, several kinds
I should get a cow, because the four liter jug is now $5.29
In December it was still $4.99
but then comes the time I don't drink that stuff
I cannot propagate as I always did wherever I lived my houseplants;
plants I nursed for four years in New Brunswick couldn't manage the local water-
and I don't drink that stuff either
I hope watering the garden with it during the summer heat will produce my vegetables,
cantaloupes, melons, cucumbers, squash, etc, beans etc