The Promise of Spring

The season starts with a dream and faith in the smallest seed.

Harbingers

Even after the harshness of winter, life prevails and surprises.

A pop of color.

Longer days and sunny skies bring a pop of color to brighten the early spring.

Wild times.

Even in the heart of the city, wild things abound.

Ephemeral beauty.

Some are visitors just passing through.

Showing posts with label Weekly Tasks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Weekly Tasks. Show all posts

Sunday, March 8, 2009

Garden Tasks: Week of March 10th

8 Weeks before last spring frost.

No more waiting on seeds that don't come. I've gone ahead and purchased some of the must start seeds locally. I'm definitely going to re-think the mail order thing next year and will probably only uses them for hard to find items. Everything else I can really get here, its just not as fun as sitting around with the seed magazine in the dead of winter and getting all of the orders in place. Still, it doesn't do much good if the seeds don't show up in time to plant!


Other tasks complete this week:

  • Austen helped clean up all of the leaves that were used to cover the old beds.
  • We hung up a few of the garden wall plaques that came from Jason's house. 
  • I completely redesigned the bed layout giving more space and a more aesthetic appearance. (See the other post below).
  • I'm getting ready to set up another seed starting tray for all of the peppers and other week 8 starts.
  • I ordered the transplant pots and carriers and brought the wire shelf unit back over to the basement in preparation for moving to the potted stage.


Garden Tasks: Week of March 3

9 Weeks before last spring frost.





Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Garden Tasks: Week of February 24th

10 Weeks before last spring frost.

Things should be swinging into full gear this week, but I'm still waiting on a bunch of seeds and some supplies too! In the meantime, the second crop of lettuce was planted and I'm starting some eggplants and banana peppers for the veggie plots along with some coreopsis and pansys for first blooms in the flower side of things. 

This week's planting tasks:





Sunday, February 15, 2009

Garden Tasks: Week of February 17th

11 Weeks before last spring frost.

General Tasks: 
  • Arrival of mail-order seeds and supplies
  • Check in all seeds
  • Prepare seed starting medium

This week's planting tasks:





Saturday, February 7, 2009

Garden Tasks: Week of February 10th

12 Weeks before last spring frost.

General tasks:

  • Finalize garden layout plan
  • Gather all seeds and seed starting equipment
  • Set up seed starting area in basement
  • Complete weekly seed starting calendar for spring starts
This week's planting tasks: