Today's the last possible frost day. Do you know what that means?
It means the sun is out and I need to get my butt in gear!! Arrrg... except for one raised bed, I am a little behind on pretty much everything.
Yesterday Torin watched me weed for almost an hour (a miracle that I could set him down for that long!), and I also got in another good 40 minutes during his nap... it's looking mostly clean out there, and the geobin is full*. Today's garden mission is to harden off the seedlings some more, transplant one of the basil seedlings to see if they're ready to handle the elements, go over my smartgardener plan (just printed it out), finish up weeding from the side yard, and apply compost to the last 3 planting areas. Then the majority of the beds will be ready for a rapid massive effort to plant everything.
I should have a few days of intermittent help with the baby coming up, so...
This weekend's mission:
But really, I'll probably only do the first 5 things at most. I hear there's a free HBO weekend and we might need to marathon-watch some Game of Thrones?
*Just because the geobin is full, it doesn't mean it'll stay that way. I keep filling it almost to the top, and it compacts surprisingly quickly.
It means the sun is out and I need to get my butt in gear!! Arrrg... except for one raised bed, I am a little behind on pretty much everything.
Yesterday Torin watched me weed for almost an hour (a miracle that I could set him down for that long!), and I also got in another good 40 minutes during his nap... it's looking mostly clean out there, and the geobin is full*. Today's garden mission is to harden off the seedlings some more, transplant one of the basil seedlings to see if they're ready to handle the elements, go over my smartgardener plan (just printed it out), finish up weeding from the side yard, and apply compost to the last 3 planting areas. Then the majority of the beds will be ready for a rapid massive effort to plant everything.
I should have a few days of intermittent help with the baby coming up, so...
This weekend's mission:
- Plant all the seedlings besides tomatoes.
- Repot all tomato seedlings.
- Pot up a cherry tomato for my grandpa's tiny back porch.
- Plant all the seeds. ALL OF THEM.
- Work on the wedding mead.
- Repot the small meyer lemon tree.
- Plant the pomegranate in the front/side yard.
- Trim the birch back a bit.
- Fix the part of the drip system that Stormy chewed. Again. Also run it out to the pomegranate tree spot.
- Remove all the ivy that has crept over from the neighbor's yard.
- Use the leaf-blower on all the things.
- Hang the clothesline for the diapers.
- Don't get sunburnt.
But really, I'll probably only do the first 5 things at most. I hear there's a free HBO weekend and we might need to marathon-watch some Game of Thrones?
*Just because the geobin is full, it doesn't mean it'll stay that way. I keep filling it almost to the top, and it compacts surprisingly quickly.
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