I checked the garden today and uncovered the row cover. All the seeds I planted last week germinated. I got lucky with the rain and then several nice, warm days. So, they probably won't grow a whole lot, just sit there, but in the spring I will have earlier veggies. I put another layer of row cover on everything after I picked some lettuce, carrots, cilantro, some side shoots of broccoli and one more cauliflower. Oh, I got another pint of snow peas as well.
I was going to finish mulching the garlic but Matt wanted me to wait until it comes up, and not to use straw since last year a lot of the seeds sprouted. If I don't mulch until the garlic is up, I can sprinkle some organic Preen to prevent so much sprouting. Or use the leaves David chopped from the driveway trees.
Pretty much the garden is put to bed, at least for another month. I won't need to uncover the row since other than cilantro and a few carrots, there really isn't anything to harvest. I did notice some more onion seedlings I should transplant but I will only do it if we get some nice warm weather again. I sure am going to have a lot of onions next summer!
Post a new thread about this blog entry:
