The first of three sowing sessions is complete.
But with snow falling right now, some of that sowing might have to be redone.
Here is what I've planted since March 26. In general, these are early spring seeds that can be planted as soon as the soil is ready (45-50 degrees F, not soggy or compacted). Some of the seeds need exposure to cold in order to emerge from dormancy.
Nigella (Love in a mist), calendula, Bloomsdale spinach, strawberry spinach (from Seed Savers), chicory, plantain (the herb, not the fruit), shell peas, bunching onions (non-bulb), arugula (a.k.a. rocket), radish, turnip, mizuna mustard greens, Hungarian blue breadseed and white Peshawar poppies, flax, columbine, a few echinacea, lupine and California poppies, and perhaps a couple blessed thistle and mullein seeds.
I also planted a few dozen small, red onions and individual garlic cloves.
What follows are seeds that I'll plant in midspring, which we'll call the middle of April through the middle of May:
To be direct-seeded into the garden: carrots, beets, salsify.
To be sown indoors, three to five weeks before mid-May: broccoli, kale, komatsuna mustard greens, mixed lettuce, cabbage, collard greens, chipilin.
By the end of April, I'll start to plant sunflowers, cosmos, rudbeckia (black-eyed Susan), zinnia and more calendula seeds.
I have a few potatoes (red and sweet) sitting by a window in the basement. They need to grow some eyes, and then I'll cut them up and plant them in the soil by May 1.
Once May 15 arrives, I will transplant the chile, tomato, tomatillo, huckleberry and various herb plants that are already growing inside. May 15 will also be the starting point for planting nasturtium, beans, squash, and corn.
By that time, there ought to be some fully grown radishes and perhaps some tender greens. I'll reseed some of those vegetables and direct-seed some herbs, also.
I haven't even mentioned the "wild" area at the edge of the property, where I've already scattered wild carrot (Queen Anne's lace), goldenrod, milkweed (that I'll do well to sow again in a month), burdock, yellowdock, some native grasses, and a lot of poppies, mixed greens, onions and even Syrian rue.
And then there are the Daturas and morning glories, which I tossed into the south-facing treeline in November... and which I'll augment with summer planting/transplants by June 1.
Here is what I've planted since March 26. In general, these are early spring seeds that can be planted as soon as the soil is ready (45-50 degrees F, not soggy or compacted). Some of the seeds need exposure to cold in order to emerge from dormancy.
Nigella (Love in a mist), calendula, Bloomsdale spinach, strawberry spinach (from Seed Savers), chicory, plantain (the herb, not the fruit), shell peas, bunching onions (non-bulb), arugula (a.k.a. rocket), radish, turnip, mizuna mustard greens, Hungarian blue breadseed and white Peshawar poppies, flax, columbine, a few echinacea, lupine and California poppies, and perhaps a couple blessed thistle and mullein seeds.
I also planted a few dozen small, red onions and individual garlic cloves.
What follows are seeds that I'll plant in midspring, which we'll call the middle of April through the middle of May:
To be direct-seeded into the garden: carrots, beets, salsify.
To be sown indoors, three to five weeks before mid-May: broccoli, kale, komatsuna mustard greens, mixed lettuce, cabbage, collard greens, chipilin.
By the end of April, I'll start to plant sunflowers, cosmos, rudbeckia (black-eyed Susan), zinnia and more calendula seeds.
I have a few potatoes (red and sweet) sitting by a window in the basement. They need to grow some eyes, and then I'll cut them up and plant them in the soil by May 1.
Once May 15 arrives, I will transplant the chile, tomato, tomatillo, huckleberry and various herb plants that are already growing inside. May 15 will also be the starting point for planting nasturtium, beans, squash, and corn.
By that time, there ought to be some fully grown radishes and perhaps some tender greens. I'll reseed some of those vegetables and direct-seed some herbs, also.
I haven't even mentioned the "wild" area at the edge of the property, where I've already scattered wild carrot (Queen Anne's lace), goldenrod, milkweed (that I'll do well to sow again in a month), burdock, yellowdock, some native grasses, and a lot of poppies, mixed greens, onions and even Syrian rue.
And then there are the Daturas and morning glories, which I tossed into the south-facing treeline in November... and which I'll augment with summer planting/transplants by June 1.
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