Weather
- Temperature: 34°F
- Barometer: 30.32 inHg
- Clouds: Clear Skies
- Wind: SSE at 7 mph
- Visibility: 10 miles
- Sunrise: 7:05 am GMT-8
- Sunset: 4:06 pm GMT-8
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Apr
14
This Weather….
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I awoke to rain this morning which is good, I planted seeds yesterday afternoon- so rain is good. Then I checked my email this morning looking at my daily weather forecast and saw that we might have a dusting of snow maybe an inch overnight. I just couldn’t believe it, enough all ready.
On the way home from work this evening I stopped and bought a half pound of seed onions. Got home changed my clothes and rushed out to the garden to get those little puppies planted. A half pound equals about 40 onions, which I planted in 4 rows of ten. When I get home on April 27th there should be lots of little green sprouts in my garden hopefully, keeping my fingers crossed.
I took a quick look at my strawberries and they are beginning, just a little to show signs of growth. It would be just within the last 5 days that all the snow has melted off of them. If I have time tomorrow I am going to throw a little fertilizer on them.
Apr
13
Sunday - April 13, 2008
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Weather:
Beautiful close to 70°, windy this morning and overcast this afternoon. The snow is melting quite quickly now. I can’t believe how fast it has melted these two days.
Plantings:
Direct Sowed:
- Spinach
- Radishes
- Snap Peas
Activities:
I cleaned out the raised beds, which was pretty easy. There is garlic coming up where I planted it last October. I cleaned up the tomato plants that I didn’t remove last fall. Clipped back the herbs. There is still a lot to do and my strawberries look pretty sorry right now, so I hope that they look better when I get back.
Miscellaneous Notes & Observations:
This will probably be my last post before I go to California. So see around the 27th of April. We are supposed to have some rain for the next couple of days which will be good news.
Apr
13
Four days and counting…
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On the 17th I am going to California to visit my best friend Carole for 10 days. We found a cheap ticket on Southwestern for $161.00 which she has paid for. It is a direct flight, which is nice. You can’t get any where from Spokane without a layover so this is perfect. I am looking forward to this vacation, after the long and snowy winter it will be good to get away.
We don’t have any plans but there are a lot of geocaches around where she lives so we will probably do those. All within hiking distance from her house or just a short drive.
Hopefully, when I get back ALL OF THE SNOW will be gone. That will be nice. Since the snow was so late in melting this year, I hope more emphasis on building and cleaning up the vegetable garden. Next year I won’t leave until after memorial day. From March end to April is really seed starting season.
While I am gone I know the snow will melt and the ground will settle. I should be able to start working in earnest in the garden then. I have a composter that I want to put in the garden just haven’t figured out where to place it.
So many plans, so little time and money.
Apr
12
5:45 pm, Saturday Evening
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It has been a gorgeous day although it was about 27° it did warm up to 66°. After getting my haircut and stopping at the grocery store I came and started to work in the vegetable garden.
I cut back the dead wood on the herbs, tarragon, thyme, chives and marjoram. My rosemary that has spent the winter in the greenhouse had gotten dried out, I guess I needed to water it more, I watered it and hopefully it will come back.
I was able to turn and prepare the raised beds. Tomorrow I will plant my spinach and snap peas. The garden cleaned up fairly easily but there is still a lot of work to do.
There is still snow up there. While all but one of the raised bed is cleared of south there is still a good amount of snow in the garden. The one bed that is still covered is where I planted garlic in the fall. I can’t tell it starting to grow in that bed, but it is coming up in another bed where I planted it.
I was checking out how the strawberries faired thru the winter. I can see some new growth starting on some of the plants. There are enough plants in there so I think I should have a good crop of them this year.
Off to cook dinner and the watch Atonement.