Spring Garden Update

Its almost mid March as we wait patiently for the lilacs to bloom
The peas in the garden are coming along nicely, as are the onion sets we planted a few weeks ago. The straw covered area is the potato bed where it won't be long until the potato beetles arrive and provide us with the added daily chore of picking them off. The tomato tower is waiting in the background.

The spring rains have already filled both rain barrels.
The hard neck garlic planted late in the fall is looking good.
And soon we'll be enjoying organic strawberries in our cereal, and I see a few fresh strawberry pies in the near future.

The spring bulbs are starting their decline, but the lavender and other perennials in the garden are just getting started.

Leopards bane provides a brilliant spot of yellow in the hill garden.
Pink creeping lamium is growing quickly, soon it will cover a large portion of the hillside.
Bleeding heart is a always welcome sign of spring
These blue forget me nots were recently moved here from the lawn.

Here is the second year peach tree in our backyard.

In this tall pine tree, right at the edge of the chicken yard, there are some crows nesting. Hopefully the baby crows wont leave the nest and find themselves facing these girls.

This garden behind the barn won't be ready until next year. We covered the grass with cardboard, compost and straw and will continue adding materials all summer.

Now on to the coldframes behind the house.

Here are the tomatoes after coming directly from indoors. They didn't like the wind and drizzle at first, but...

by the next day, they looked much better

Here are the cabbage and broccoli seedlings and some herbs.

The first lettuce, spinach and radish seedlings.

And finally, the seeds that were sown in these containers in February will provide us with lots of new perennials.