Ok, so I knew it was going too easy... My lettuce and broccoli looked fantastic... standing upright, great color, healthy looking... My first onion had popped through the soil already... Then I check the weather and BLAM, there it is.. A hard freeze coming Tuesday morning... I know they are hardy crops, but even with covering them I'm afraid I wasted money planting so early...
What do you cover your crops with this time of year??
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Saturday, March 24, 2012
The Foodie Nurse Has Arrived
Welcome to The Foodie Nurse!!! A friendly relaxed blog where I'll be documenting my successes and failures as it comes to home gardening... I welcome you all here, pour a glass of Pinot and enjoy the ride.
A few months ago I decided that this would be the year I would start my home garden. I bought the house my grandparents built six years ago, and after a few years of getting everything in order here I am. My grandfather loved to garden, and hopefully I can work the land as well as he did. I'm married to the most wonderful woman in the world, and have 2 perfect children. They deserve homegrown food and I am going to do my best to give it to them!!!
A little about my garden. I am starting out as small as I can (I think and do way too big way too soon). I build a 4x8 cedar box, which I already filled with some early spring plants.
Here is a shot of the garden:
I've really been researching the square foot gardening method and figured this early spring crop would be a good place to try it out... From left to right I have planted rows of the following: snap peas (seed), broccoli, lettuce (mixed mescalin, romaine, butter crunch), onions, and carrots. With the temp's up in the 70s last week I kept my bed uncovered, but with temp's heading into the 30s this week I'll keep my row covers on during the cold spell.
I have also planted 5 dwarf apple and 1 dwarf peach tree on my side yard. The taller two, which are dwarf Cortland and Honeycrisp should fruit a little this year, and the smaller 3 (Pixie Crunch, Liberty, and Goldrush) are really just sticks on posts right now.
I also have coming a 3 tier strawberry pyramid bed from Gurney's that should be installed in a month or so with 50 strawberry plants in it.
I am very excited about this bed and also bought the support and netting to keep the birds away.
Overall I think it's a great start. I am researching mulches tonight and will likely add a post about them tomorrow... Leave a comment below, let me know what your garden plans are this year!!!
A few months ago I decided that this would be the year I would start my home garden. I bought the house my grandparents built six years ago, and after a few years of getting everything in order here I am. My grandfather loved to garden, and hopefully I can work the land as well as he did. I'm married to the most wonderful woman in the world, and have 2 perfect children. They deserve homegrown food and I am going to do my best to give it to them!!!
A little about my garden. I am starting out as small as I can (I think and do way too big way too soon). I build a 4x8 cedar box, which I already filled with some early spring plants.
Here is a shot of the garden:
I've really been researching the square foot gardening method and figured this early spring crop would be a good place to try it out... From left to right I have planted rows of the following: snap peas (seed), broccoli, lettuce (mixed mescalin, romaine, butter crunch), onions, and carrots. With the temp's up in the 70s last week I kept my bed uncovered, but with temp's heading into the 30s this week I'll keep my row covers on during the cold spell.
I have also planted 5 dwarf apple and 1 dwarf peach tree on my side yard. The taller two, which are dwarf Cortland and Honeycrisp should fruit a little this year, and the smaller 3 (Pixie Crunch, Liberty, and Goldrush) are really just sticks on posts right now.
I also have coming a 3 tier strawberry pyramid bed from Gurney's that should be installed in a month or so with 50 strawberry plants in it.
I am very excited about this bed and also bought the support and netting to keep the birds away.
Overall I think it's a great start. I am researching mulches tonight and will likely add a post about them tomorrow... Leave a comment below, let me know what your garden plans are this year!!!
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