Spring is a busy season of new growth and of preparing and planting.

I’d done some winter sowing back in early February and was pleased for the most part with the results.  Some plants grew and grew and had so many grow that they were clumped together by the time it was warm enough to plant. I gave my youngest daughter the kale seedlings, shared some lettuce seedlings with a friend, and planted the rest.

 

 

Another friend offered seed potatoes, three varieties. She had more than she needed. We’ve been sharing plants over the past year. Pauline, the potatoes are doing well.

 

By the time the seed potatoes needed planting, we had rhubarb and we’ve shared quite a lot and frozen some and made dessert with it.

My oldest granddaughters came to help plant the weekend after Victoria Day holiday. Yes, we wore our masks and kept some distance. By now they’re good young planters and the garden rewards us for the sunshine and watering and some rain.

Fortunately our rain barrels filled with a recent rain so we use that to water the garden. And a small child who came last weekend learned how the hoses worked so he could fill the watering buckets and water our garden.

We have more than one garden space. I usurped space along the workshop wall  last year instead of going to a community garden where others might like to have a space to grow food. This growing season I further amended the soil with better 3 in 1 soil and compost before planting. Mainly potatoes in that spot. They seem to be doing well.

 

 

That’s not all the growing space. I bought a three-tier planter at Lee Valley and filled it with lettuce, herbs and one strawberry plant. They all seem to be growing well and certainly like the bright sun.

 

 

 

And some flowers, mostly perennials with a few annuals to fill in a couple of places, such as the window boxes.

 

 

 

 

 

Stay tuned for further development as the plants grow. Meanwhile get your COVID vaccine and stay safe and healthy.