Cute lil’ green roof on the George Washington University’s Elliott School building – 7th floor.
garden
Cute lil’ green roof on the George Washington University’s Elliott School building – 7th floor.
The chives, oregano and thyme that magically overwintered! The Chives have burst into growth in the past week.
The chinese cabbage – in less than 10 days went from growing green leaves to giant sprouted bolted blooming stalks! My mother said let it grow and bloom to attract bees, so I have.
daffodils from home into the office…
spring!
Time2Garden!
Rainy Sunday – went outside and cleared away all the rotten bean vines, weeds which have already started to grow, and cat poo/rock/clay amalgamations from the winter in the back alley. So excited to plant! I ran out of daylight but thanks to “Spring Ahead” I’ll hopefully have more time after work now in the light. Things to plant now, I think (hope) it’s warm enough:
-Dill
-Kitchen Sink Microgreens Mix
-Spicy Italian Greens Mix
Front garden with all the surviving vegetables after the long winter! The chinese cabbage isn’t really edible because I planted it in the fall, it somehow “reset” and is now going to seed instead of producing cabbagey blossoms.
daffodillio shoots!
Spring?
So, the past 4 days have been sunny and 50s! Feels great, especially since I haven’t gotten spring allergies …. yet. There is surprisingly a lot of random snow left around town, in disgusting little gray encrusted piles, however. I haven’t had much time to plan my spring planting so I better get on it – need to decide what to plant inside, start, and when to plant outside. Any input?
I guess I’m pretty sure it won’t freeze that much anymore, but it could. I also need to amend my little garden with some mulch. Not sure how big the garden plans are this year, but I’m at least going to start. So far, the definites are basil, squash (trying the front garden this spring for more light), a different variety of pole bean since the other ones did so well last year, and two magical “kitchen garden mixes” from pinetree seeds. one is “kitchen sink” from last year, with delicious pea shoots, japanese mustard, lettuce, and onion, and the new one is “italian” with chicory, endive, rocket, parsley and other deliciousness! i’m hoping to plant those early and snip them for microgreens all summer and spring.