The temps have been in the 70s and 80s for the majority of the last two weeks. It's been crazy, unseasonable, awesome weather for gardening! A week ago I planted the carrot, beet and pea seeds in the garden in a nice lovely rain. They are sprouting nicely now.
Over the weekend I bought myself something to make gardening life easier... a tiller! I've been turning the soil by hand all these years with a shovel and a maddox (a form of pick axe). When I had two more raised beds added to the garden last year (making a total of 5 raised beds not counting the herb bed) my back starting singing.... so this year I got a two cylinder Craftsman mini-tiller... I can't believe I've gone all these years without it!!! I can till up a bed in a half hour now without breaking a sweat other than what the temps are causing.
Now that I have beds tilled, I planted some more this weekend using starter plants from my favorite local nursery since I didn't have time to get these going myself:
- Celery
- Broccoli
- Kohlrabi (something new to try)
- Brussel Sprouts (another new attempt)
I also seeded some Romaine lettuce and Kale.
For now I'm sticking with the cold weather crops, I have a sneaky suspicion that this unseasonably warm weather is going to break at some point in April. So for now I'm keeping my fair weather sprouts in the house in seed trays and sticking to the reliable cold crops outdoors.
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