I know it’s a bit early, but I just had to do it. It was a beautiful sunny day, the forecast is for a continued mild winter/early spring, and I have gro-therm film covers, so I started a few things.
The dogs went with me to the garden. Maisy was so happy to be back roaming around the beds. She jumped into one bed and just stood there, waiting for me to notice. (She knows she isn’t supposed to be in them, trust me.)
The fall garlic is looking beautiful!
Carrots, lettuce, spinach, beets, radishes, collards and swiss chard went into one bed. Three different types of peas were planted elsewhere.
It was just lovely to be playing in the dirt again! And the beds were just crawling with earthworms, with several of them chowing down on the remains of the swiss chard that was killed off by the 10-degree weather in December.
My only concern is these little guys, who have taken up residence. This one spent a half an hour exploring my camera bag before I relocated him to more suitable habitat…
I suppose some sort of snail relocation program is going to be necessary. Their presence also explains the holes in the winter spinach!
Glad you had a good first outing in the garden for 2010! I planted up a bed of spinach (under a grow tunnel) this weekend as well. The soil temp was at the right range for good germination, so I decided to go for it. Earlier than last year by a month – but the weather has been much fairer this year and I have protection on the bed just in case.
Your dog is soooo cute!
I’m going to do some pea planting myself tomorrow.
Wow! Jealous of your garlic growing already! I won’t see growth like that here in Connecticut until May.