The Rise of the Swiss Chard, and other garden updates
Hello there friends! Although we've taken a little bit of a break from the blog, things are still happening in the garden and the greenhouse. In fact, we've been quite busy recently! The weather here has been very up and down, and we're having a very chilly spring so far- it even snowed yesterday and today. This weekend looks sunny and warmer though, so I hope that spring really will come to stay.Within the past few weeks, there have been big changes (for gardeners at least, not in terms of size) in the the garden and in the greenhouse. I've included a picture timeline of these changes below.In the garden:
First, rewind to February 25. The broccoli and cabbage has died off from the frost and snow, and our garden looks much more brown than green.
Next, week of March 3rd. The curly-leaf kale is hanging in there and we tackle pulling up the broccoli and cabbage. We got about a foot of snow this week, but our garden fared alright.
Week of March 10. A little warmer this week, so the garden begins to turn a little greener.
And then this past week! We had two big workdays last Friday and Saturday- more on those in an upcoming post. We're gearing up for spring.
In the greenhouse:
The kale and borage sprouted first and has definitely been the fastest growing- we're going to re-pot them this week. We also have a couple of chamomile, fennel, and brussel sprout shoots, but no Swiss Chard, basil, or leeks. We experimented with the type of potting container and used plastic containers for most of our seeds (the type shown on the right), but we also used a tough cardboard type material for the Swiss Chard, leeks, and basil. We've found that this type dries out way too fast, so I'd definitely recommend the plastic kind for the future.
This past week though, the Swiss chard sprouted! I thought they just weren't going to sprout and was planning on trying again in the greenhouse or direct seeding them later on, but no, they proved me wrong. I'm so happy that they did too!
That's our news up through this past week- more to come on the workdays last Friday and Saturday soon!