tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post1171313846267247766..comments2024-03-28T17:11:08.879-04:00Comments on Home Joys: April Garden PlansGinahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-42435502508696941692015-04-21T10:57:09.054-04:002015-04-21T10:57:09.054-04:00We have broccoli, onions, cabbages, beets, green p...We have broccoli, onions, cabbages, beets, green peas, kale, turnips, kohlrabi, spinach, and lettuce in the ground. Strawberries are in bloom with a few small ones already formed. We usually have a cold spell at the end of April so we normally don't set out anything that might be hurt until May 1. Checked the 10 day forecast this morning and warm weather is forecasted so, hopefully I will be planting beans, squash seed, and potatoes today or tomorrow. Maybe the rest of the garden this weekend. I am so ready for a garden again after the dreary winter. Funny story-yesterday my son was reading in a book about mini greenhouses using milk jugs. He showed me and I said hey I know someone who does that and pulled up this page. I was able to show him exactly how they worked and looked in a garden. Great idea!Nicolenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-53966572360953777972015-04-20T20:51:58.723-04:002015-04-20T20:51:58.723-04:00We have a tiny city backyard garden (I dream of so...We have a tiny city backyard garden (I dream of some day having a much larger garden!), but since we come from the country, it is so, so good to have a bit of dirt to grow something in. The children and I planted some peas, spinach, lettuce, mesclun greens and swiss chard, and it's refreshing to see them coming up. We have red raspberries that are starting to leaf as well. I love this time of year!AmyKhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15533253642382255346noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-76890037181838873332015-04-20T18:16:37.853-04:002015-04-20T18:16:37.853-04:00It's been very rainy here in the Florida Panha...It's been very rainy here in the Florida Panhandle. Rains can be torrential! When there was a break in the rain this weekend, I managed to get the veggie beds worked and planted potatoes, squash and turnips. I'm trying out a few things I found online that are supposed to 'thrive on neglect'! Supposed to be native to the Americas and 'will grow anywhere' Well we shall see!! Walking Onions and Sunchokes.Grandma Ruthnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-59865916181792170962015-04-20T08:22:43.652-04:002015-04-20T08:22:43.652-04:00Like you I am spending a lot of time preparing my ...Like you I am spending a lot of time preparing my gardens and working on the yard. We live in zone 4 so no vegetables can be planted until the end of May. The greenhouse and sun porch are full of starter plants waiting for the last frost day to pass. Most of the snow is gone so the buds on the fruit trees have started to burst and the plants in the flower beds have started pushing through the ground. This weekend we did a deep cleaning of the chicken coop which provided so nice waste for the berry bushes. It was so lovely this weekend that I was even able to hang laundry outside.<br /><br />The humming birds (at least the males) so the feeders are out, and I he deer and wild turkeys are comming out of the woods into the cleared portions of the yard.... It is just about time to get the fields plowed and the fencing back up in the fields.<br /><br />Hope that you have some nice weather for working in the yard for the balance of the month.JoAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18223586190191861426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-65800763256396403692015-04-20T08:07:27.987-04:002015-04-20T08:07:27.987-04:00Still a fair amount of snow to melt here and ice o...Still a fair amount of snow to melt here and ice on lakes. We've spotted some robins and Canada geese this past week! Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-48686293394118049512015-04-18T22:01:10.452-04:002015-04-18T22:01:10.452-04:00I'm so thrilled to be picking spinach which ha...I'm so thrilled to be picking spinach which has grown up from last fall's crop! Woohoo!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-90571363110598940292015-04-18T18:22:44.382-04:002015-04-18T18:22:44.382-04:00I need to count my blessings!
GinaI need to count my blessings! <br />GinaGinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05420137490490341730noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-65099331104446888302015-04-18T18:16:23.805-04:002015-04-18T18:16:23.805-04:00Family responsibilities in So. California have kep...Family responsibilities in So. California have kept me out of my garden at home in NC. My neighbors are enjoying the asparagus and my chickens are enjoying scratching in the tilled earth that is awaiting my return. I'll be playing "catch up" next week!Kidzc00khttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18062250420579306054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4916485057164205644.post-36396834940795595552015-04-18T17:13:17.122-04:002015-04-18T17:13:17.122-04:00Would you rather hear from a canadian who hasn'...Would you rather hear from a canadian who hasn't done a thing in her garden? Or of snow flurries mid April?!?<br />Spring IS coming here too...<br />Next week I'll tackle march and april lists.Mrs Lnoreply@blogger.com