Monday was fun . We planned on doing a lot more than we did on lunar planting day... but the skies opened up on us. We Western Washington folk are pretty tough when it comes to rain. But after about 4 hours Jimmy and I were wet and cold and muddy and started to snark at each other. So, we called 'nuff', put away the tools and surveyed our work before heading in to hot showers and tigers woods golf.. But before giving in to rain and cold we managed to get our homemade planting bags full of soil and full of peas and potatoes. The area along our side fence gets almost no sun which is perfect for growing snow peas all season. But no matter how much we amend the soil in that bed (which is about 16 inches wide and 7 feet long) the large decorative shrubs on the other side of the fence suck up all the nutrients and provide homes for bugs. These bags are our solution to make a rich and protected raised home for the roots of our snow peas. . I also made a huge bag for growing potatoes. We have a bed dedicated to potatoes but it just doesn't provide enough fruit for my ...in Jimmys words..... "potato lovin' Irish soul". You cant tell by the photo below but there is at least 1/4 cubic yard of soil in this bag. I also felt confident enough to put my salvaged 'sprouted' brussel sprouts in the ground. They look great and have actually grown since I dropped them in the bed. Saturday is another great planting day and the rest of the ground seeded vegetables will go in then.
The chickens have acclimated pretty well to their new status. So well, that tomorrow they well begin daily sojourns into their extended grassy run.
Yep, Things are off to a good start this spring at Frankie and Jimmys little backyard farm!
Planting bags for snow peas all full of seeds and hope next to sunless fence.
Potato bag....way bigger than it looks in the photo, 2 foot by 2 foot by 2 foot, and then it spread even bigger when we put in the soil.
Transplanted sprouts in sprout bed
A close up of one of the sprouts
The chickens have acclimated pretty well to their new status. So well, that tomorrow they well begin daily sojourns into their extended grassy run.
Yep, Things are off to a good start this spring at Frankie and Jimmys little backyard farm!
Planting bags for snow peas all full of seeds and hope next to sunless fence.
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