Down on my knees, planting those onion slips. It’s all wet, cold and muggy outside. The weather has been crazy this year. One day it’s cold and the next it’s warm. You never know what to expect, when planting the vegetable garden. I needed to get them planted, so out the door I went.
It took the better part of twenty minutes, to push all the little slips into the soil and make sure they were covered enough to with stand the cool temperatures. So, now they are finally in the ground and that’s out of the way. I can sit back and worry about planting the rest of the stuff. Potatoes, need to be in the ground in February, so the cabbage, brussel sprouts, lettuce, radishes and potatoes are my next projects.
It won’t be long until I will see the onions, start reaching for the sun. Soon, I will have new green onions to savor with my meals. I know I will enjoy them and will need to watch the family, when they visit. They know I grow a garden each year, so they come here looking for the bounty. Boy, did they get let down last year, the rains, just kept coming, the ground soured, killing all of the tender plants. I’m keeping my fingers crossed this year, for a great harvest.
It’s time to get the onions into the ground. Hey, tell Mr. Weather, that. It’s so messy that even if I could get into the garden to plant a few cool weather crops, it would freeze them. They would be dead in a matter of one day. So, here I am with onion slips ready to plant and can’t get it done.
The cabbage and brussels sprouts, plants I have, also have to sit around and wait for the weather to change. Either way, I’m at a stand still.
Last year I had a beautiful garden growing, when it started raining. The garden stood in water several days, and wasn’t able to recover. I lost all my garden and then the grass took over, leaving me with a large mowing job. Forget finding onions, in all that grass just wasn’t possible, everything got mowed.
You never know from one year to the next how things are going to go. The drought we had for the last two years, cause a water rationing, and left us with a killing heat during the summer months. It’s been rough on home gardeners. Many of the beautiful yard plants and shrubs, gave in to the heat.
So, we will see what happens this year and hope for a good growing season, with a bountiful harvest. My freezer’s ready.
Start Your Own Seeds
There are many advantages to starting your own seeds indoors. You can satisfy your need for green when it’s cold and snowy outside, experiement with unusual or heirloom varieties rarely available as transplants, and grow a large number of plants at relatively little expense.
Planting season is just around the corner, and most of you have been preparing your soil. So, it’s time to get the plants going so the season, can have a good harvest.
The shorter days and lower light levels in winter make it difficult to grow seedlings indoors without supplemental light. Windowsill-grown seedlings get weak and leggy. Consider investing in an indoor light system, either purchased or homemade, to add the extra illumination your seedlings need to grow strong and stocky.
You can buy or make a small hot house, to start your seeds in. There are also, warming pads that can give your seeds the warmth needed to germinate and grow.Starting indoors, give the plants an edge on the growing season and develops them well enough to survive once in the ground. Healthy plants are important when it comes to good gardening. Hey, have a great season.
