The plan is for all this to be dismantled and the plants safely in the ground by the time we get summer visitors.
Carrots don't like to be transplanted, but some people say it's ok if you do it in the cool early spring and when they're small. This is all a grand experiment.
The mesclun is such a radiant lemony green, the color of spring.
Pea shoots, intricate and beautiful.
Pea couture!
Tatsoi, or spinach/mustard. Growing its second set of "true" leaves, ruffled and just unfurling.
Pumpkin seeds are big and easy for R to handle, and I thought they would give her some hands-on planting experience. I didn't plan ahead for when they all germinated and grew like labrador puppies. It's way too early to put them in the ground; they are sensitive and don't like transplanting after they get their second set of leaves; they are just about to get root-bound. And of course, now she is attached to them and believes she's going to have a harvest of pumpkins. What should I do? Move them to a bigger pot, thin them out, of course. But how many times can you move their sensitive roots?
Getting the first bed ready yesterday. Snow had started to fall lightly.
A professional landscaper lived in this house years ago, but by the time we bought it, it was foreclosed and neglected. This is our first spring here. We are working through the layers of overgrowth to find the hardscape structures and perennials worth saving. Digging out vegetable garden space, and trying not to ruin spring plantings that we can't see yet. Trying to remember the shade patterns of the big trees when they're leafed out. This will be an interesting first garden.
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