tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post8746589516020726301..comments2024-03-04T08:20:43.291-06:00Comments on Get Me To The Country: February's Garden (2017)Jeanniehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11333123227073032453noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-56047779698447764092017-03-04T09:41:57.735-06:002017-03-04T09:41:57.735-06:00Hello Dorothy! It is amazing what a husband with ...Hello Dorothy! It is amazing what a husband with a shotgun can accomplish against unwanted critters, I am so proud of him.<br /><br />Yes, I got your email but I have ignored everyone and everything because Dustin is home for a few days since it is spring break! It is so wonderful to have someone who is starving to feed again. As soon as I get his stomach full (a really hard thing to accomplish), I will sit down and do some blogging.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333123227073032453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-15365420111632246372017-03-04T07:12:39.600-06:002017-03-04T07:12:39.600-06:00Hi,
Love your gardens.There's not an armadillo...Hi,<br />Love your gardens.There's not an armadillo in sight. I got some new seeds that I'm starting this weekend for bok choy and some "container" friendly squash. Amazingly, because of the weird weather patterns the rosemary, thyme and sage wintered over and I've had fresh herbs all winter. Did you get my email? DorothyAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-74340845717869375482017-03-01T16:50:11.785-06:002017-03-01T16:50:11.785-06:00They are Australian winter peas and they are new h...They are Australian winter peas and they are new here. I looked them up on the internet before I bought them last fall and they are grown for the leaves in the winter when nothing else will grow. I haven't harvested them yet because there was not much out there to pick. Now they are really growing. They are supposed to grow about 12 feet tall which is why I put them by a trellis, but they just grow in a tangled mess on the ground. The next sunny day I am going out and pick them. I will let you know how it goes.<br /><br />I think I will try planting spinach, radish and kohlrabi under my hoop houses to see if they will sprout. My parsley is planted in my flower bed in the front yard and it is doing great. My chives are beside the parsley and they are just sitting there doing nothing. Maybe they do need a covering. Gosh, buttered bread with chives, oh that sounds good.Jeanniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11333123227073032453noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-424277252952787351.post-351661740001958992017-03-01T13:22:57.063-06:002017-03-01T13:22:57.063-06:00Your garden still gives you a lot of green vegetab...Your garden still gives you a lot of green vegetables. That is great ! As to the winter peas, do you harvest the young leaves too (I have read about that once) or the peapods only? This variety of pea is quite unknown here. <br />I do think, you could start sowing now, - spinach, radish, parsley,<br />kohlrabi (turnip cabbage). Covered with garden fleece or in your hoop house it will grow quickly. Last Monday I sowed lots of cress and also spinach. Have you covered your chives with a cloche? That also makes them grow quicker and they are tender. Bread with butter<br />on it and chives is so delicious.<br />Good luck for all your garden work, Jeannie !<br />ChristelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com