first off: one of the cats ate all of my tomatillo seedlings except for one, all of my gypsy tomato seedlings as well as ALL of the blue hungarian seedlings. so. matt helped me build a window box for the seedlings that the cats can't get into. i was still super depressed about it. cried a lot actually. my lime tree also died. my mistake. i bought a new one and planted it properly this time... i hope.so now i started new tomatillos. new gypsy tomato seedlings. gonna have to buy starters for some kind of jalapeño peppers because although i'm restarting some of the seeds, it may be too late for them to get fruit going in time.
window box
i have stories to tell. good stories.
check out this list of seeds that sprouted out in their beds: poppies/all kinds, cabbage, pepinos, blue statica, dill, sweet peas, starlight.
bulbs with shoots: platycodon, dahlias, PEONIES!
plants planted: rosemary, parsley, oregano, new lime tree, tiny broccoli seedlings
new seeds planted: mustard greens/two kinds, carrots, new peppers, oriental poppies
flowers bloomed: tulips, irises, nectarine tree, anemones and im counting the early rosebuds too just cause i can... wink wink
the moral of this story is that even when things die, or get killed... or just maimed; other things will still grow and thrive. these little plants are so precious and fragile but they are also resilient and much tougher than i am.
besides watching the circle of life around here, i've also been interfering. heeheeheehee... i built potato cages. chicken wire zip tied into drum shapes about 3 ft wide. got our potato starters, got our hay. forecasts say that st. paddy's day is the time to set them. i'm all kinds of excited.
the concept of these cages is safety. potatoes grow really well in hay. however, cats like to poop in hay and birds like to steal it, dogs like to run through it and it doesn't hold shape. so we set the potato pieces under a small layer of straw. when the potato vines start to peek through, we layer more straw on top and so on and so on. then when your potato vines are ready for harvesting, you un pin your cages, releasing them from their shape, and harvest your potatoes by simply sifting through your hay for them. i got a lot of great information from: http://www.hillgardens.com/potatoes.htm
it's a cool website with all the free info you need about growing potatoes. they use dirt instead of hay but i think that either way will work. the concept also is cool because you wont be digging through huge random piles in order to find your potatoes, instead, you will just be gleaning them from the dirt/hay. lets see how this goes!
so, my friends... it's the beginning of the week. i've got my feelers out on other impending projects. hopefully i will get the gutters up for the strawberries, lettuce, radishes and bunching onions. pictures to follow if all goes well!!! have a great week!!!
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