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.

Oi vey. We had to retroactively add drainage holes to our raised beds today. The snooty woman at the gardening store chided us for not having proper drainage holes (and for growing in six inches of soil rather than 12). I was fully intent on ignoring her until I realized that Mel advised the same holes. I must have missed that part.

Since the beds are full of dirt already, it was quite a chore to push the dirt to the side (several different ways within each square foot) and drill a hole.

But that’s the labor of love, I suppose.

The temperature drops tomorrow, so I plan on planting … Read More