The Season Starters really do seem to create a little heat oasis on top of the soil. Unfortunately, we had to move them (water and all) to get the soil ready for the tomato plants. We had gotten so excited about setting them up that we forgot to level out the earth beneath them.

We were scooping dirt from unused beds and suddenly Matt reached for pea square and dug his hands straight down into it before I could utter a word out of my agape mouth. Oh well, I’m not that excited about peas anyway. It seems pretty tedious to get them out of their sleeping bags (three at … Read More

Yesterday was a winter wonderland when I woke up. Today it was in the seventies.

I finally got out there and planted:

1) Red and white onions (like 64 of them!)
2) 16 carrots
3) 16 radishes
4) 13 pea plants
5) Two squares of wildflowers
6) 4 spinach plants

We also set up some Season Starters. They aren’t exactly smooth operators (or maybe it’s us). We had a hard feeling each tube evenly, which is a prerequisite for keeping it balanced. But it worked out in the end. The goal is to heat up the soil, then plant our tomato transplants, and hopefully reap the reward of tomatoes … Read More

It snowed yesterday. That’s Colorado for you. Fickle and stubborn and coy.

Oh well. It’s supposed to be more summer-like today. I guess the upshot is that once the snow melts, we’ll have serious irrigation for our beds. I need to get the onions in the ground ASAP if they’re going to be ready by the wedding on July 19.