Garden Friday

 

 

 

candytuft and tulips

 

Welcome to Garden Friday!

Spring is still weeks away, 

but you'd never know it by what's popping up!

 

The sweet potatoes leftover from last season

were added to a baking tray filled with soil.

This is the new way I'm creating slips to plant 

out in the garden later on.

For now, they reside in our funky space

we affectionately deem "the spa room".

Once the slips start forming,

they will be pinched off and added to a jar with water to form roots.

 

These pots were found at the big box store

and are being saved to transplant our blueberry bushes.

Although I've amended the soil two years in a row,

our pH was still much too high for them to thrive.

The containers will buy me at least a year,

so that I can try to remediate the problem and test again.

These pots are not only made in the USA,

but they are fashioned from ocean plastic!

 

Our first Birdie bed has been assembled.

Big K helped with this project,

as he is a master of all things nuts-n-bolts.

Truth be told, I could have easily done the job myself,

it was that easy.

 

The bed will be used strictly for strawberries,

which I've ordered from our local Cooperative Extension office.

I still have some fairly healthy plants that I will transplant as well.

The bottom of the bed was filled with twigs and dried leaf mulch.

 

The potting soil was added and there will be room at the top

for homemade compost and more shredded leaves.

I love the look and plan to replace the existing beds with Birdie's

as the budget allows.

The washtub (behind and to the right),

will be repurposed as a dust bathing vessel for the chooks.

They can use another place to primp and preen themselves.

 

 

Lettuce has been transplanted into the Mr. Stacky pots.

There are two more tiers to this system,

but I just wanted to start with a few to see

how well they do on the back deck.

After they grow a bit more,

the wire (used to deter squirrels from digging)

will be removed and the pots will be stacked.

 

One of our tasks this week was cleaning out

all of the birdhouses on the property.

C enjoys helping with this

and the weather couldn't have been better!

We're ready for all of our feathered friends to join the family!

 Spring is almost here,

and all of the gardeners I know are SO excited!

What a blessing this season is for so many.

Enjoy your week!