There are dozens of these little pea plants. They look so sturdy and green against the brown soil. Can't wait until they start producing those yummy peas!
My very disappointing asparagus bed. With about 50 square feet of asparagus bed, I'd hoped for more than 3 spears at a time. Grrr.
Looks silly, I know, but this method has been working pretty well for the last couple of years. After laying the beet and carrot seeds in the bottom of an appropriately deep trench, I fill the trench with sand. The sand doesn't crust over like our soil does so that the seedlings don't struggle to come through. I still add a few radish seeds to each row to help mark the row and because I like having a few radishes at a time.
This is a good news, bad news, pic. In the foreground is the incredibly productive Italian soft-neck garlic that I planted last fall. Every single clove produced a plant. They're growing great and will be an awesome addition to my salsa and tomato products. The bad news is the elephant garlic that is fizzling in the middle of the bed. I planted 12 cloves and only two came up. That is really disappointing. Behind them are the onion seedlings that I bought at Lambert Floral last week. They have the best onions!
My 'Rutgers' tomatoes are staying warm and cozy in their walls o'water. The temps have dipped to 28 since I planted the tomatoes, but they didn't even notice the cold. I also added two 'Early Girl' tomato plants (again from Lambert) to the bed. Those will be my own 'put tomatoes on everything' crop.
Close up of the Korean spice bush. So beautiful and sooooo fragrant!
The Korean spice bush in all its spring glory. The fragrance fills the back yard. I've even caught Peri sniffing the flowers. lol.
We had an unusual 'snow' storm yesterday. All these petals on the deck in the back yard came from the Callery pear tree in the front yard. The air was thick with the petals, a kind of sweet spring blizzard. The street in front of the house is covered as are the sidewalks, lawn and cars.
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