Lucy the puggle princess and I spent the morning in the side garden cleaning out the garden and moving Pinky the flamingo and her friends out of the garden boxes and positioning them around the teepee. I had meant to pick up a couple of bins of free Tagro last week but the day I was over in that part of town it was raining so I passed {because hello, that stuff stinks!}. Hopefully this week I’ll be able to stop by and grab some.
The weather was pretty mild last week {mid 40’s} and so now I’m feeling a bit anxious to get my garden started even though it’s too cold to really grow anything outside right now. Well, technically that’s not true. I could be growing tons of cold weather crops in January if I wanted to invest in a bunch of row cover fabric. But I don’t. And anyways… it’s been kind of nice to take a few months off from growing food in the garden.
I still need to pick up some lettuce seeds, onion bulbs and seed potatoes. But other than those three things, I’m ready to get going. Spring… it’s right around the corner. And let me tell you Bob, I’m ready to get started!
Have a great sunday everyone,
~Mavis and Lucy
E in Upstate NY says
Mavis,
Last summer was able to create my own row covers for hardly anything! At Dollar Store, purchased some hula hoops and fiberglass driveway posts. Took the hoops apart, Cut the reflector off and cut posts in half. On Craigslist, found some inexpensive and used garden cloth. Cut the garden cloth and with sewing machine, resewed into a long rectangle. With poly thread, made feld seams. Created tunnels for the hoops to go through. Spaced out the posts, put the hoops over the posts to keep them in place. At each end, folded over the fabric and used a brick to keep in place. Total cost: Under $20. And it worked! Kept the squirrels and cats out of my garden row.
KAYTHEGARDENER says
Dear E in upstate NY,
I’m trying to imagine how you attach the fabric to the half-hoops, which are mounted in pairs down your beds?? Could you explain?? That sounds like a great idea for season extending covers!!
Carole says
Waiting arrival of my first seed order for this year. As soon as they arrive my garden begins again. Here in the south we start early!!! Its always exciting, a new beginning.
Farmer Phyl says
We still have 6 inches of snow and ice covering the garden. My fall carrots and kale are solid blocks of ice, couldn’t penetrate the soil with an ax if I tried. It’s amazing what a difference 140 miles can make here in WA state. I’m very jealous! Of course this summer when we have glorious sunshine and lots of warm weather maybe I won’t even remember this miserable winter! One can only hope.