Carrots and beets sowed

Sowed half the carrot bed, with ~3 rows of beets on the north end and the rest of the rows with carrots.

Onion sets planted (from sets collected last year)

Onion sets planted (from sets collected last year).  I think they're multiplying onions.

Zinnias potted into soil

The zinnias sprung up after only about 2 days.  Potted many into soil today, but then ran out of soil.

Ground cherries have flower buds

2 or 3 of the 5 ground cherries have flower buds already -- only 1.5" tall.  Not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing!

Zinnias sowed (indoors)

Always exciting to try something new!   3 vermiculite tubs of zinnias.  Unfortunately these are the pom-pom kind, which isn't my favourite look (I prefer more daisy-style), but oh well!

Ground cherries, tomatoes, & kale potted up (some but not all)

Potted up some of the ground cherries and tomatoes (beefsteak and sweeties) into slightly larger pots.

As for the kale, potted up the 3 that were looking more pathetic than the other set of kale, which also don't look all that great.  2 of the 3 had wimpy root systems, but the stronger one had nice roots.

Carrot (1) harvested

Plucked a lovely carrot out of the ground today, from last summer/fall.  Nice and crisp.  Usually my leftovers end up mucky and not edible in spring but this one was great.

Peas in ground, finally!

The weather forecast is finally good enough to get the peas in the ground, so did that today.  They are so in need of support, which they can get started on now. 

Note to self, score the peat flats before sowing.  Scored them today, hope the roots will be ok.

Green onion sets sowed

Green onion sets sowed.  These are the sets that appeared last fall that I saved over the winter.  They look in great shape; looking forward to see if they produce.

Wildflowers sowed

Wildflowers:  scattered various home-collected seeds in wildflower bed and front bed, including the corn poppy seeds.

Lupins sowed outside

Lupins (5 seeds in each of four spots) sowed outside in the front bed, with compost, not presoaked.

(The ones I tried to germinate in baggie a few weeks ago didn't do anything.)

Basil, Bok choy, and Malabar spinach repotted into soil

Basil (x5), Bok choy (x9), and Malabar spinach (x7) repotted into soil.

Peas didn't perish!

Wow, the peas look great!  Almost as good as new.  Will keep inside a few more days... snowing today, sheesh!

Peas in peril!!!

Yikes, when we got home today around noon, as the freezing rain was just starting, checked on the peas (still under the chair/table) and found them very droopy.  Whisked them inside, put some on the heat mat, let others be, watered all as they were quite dry.

It's now 8:30pm and I'm relieved to say it looks like most of the peas survived, as they have un-drooped and are looking much better.  Put them back upstairs, under lights, because the weather for the next few days is still not great.  Hopefully Tuesday or Wednesday can put them back out.

Some of the individual peas might not make it as their stem bent rather than arc-ed, but I'll let them be and see what happens.

Overall:  Phew!

Poor peas facing cold spring

Peas have been 24/7 outside last few days, still in their pots.  Been cloudy and cold, very unseasonal, and calling for snow and/or freezing rain the next few days.  Haven't plunked the peat pots into the ground yet, so have them set under the chair/table for protection.  Looking ok so far.

Basil has appeared

Basil has appeared.

Malabar spinach and bok choy have appeared

As the title says.  Wow, I only sowed the bok choy yesterday!  Will leave on the heat mat a while longer.

Sowed basil and home-collected bok choy

Sowed basil and bok choy, ~12 seeds each in vermiculite.  The bok choy are all the ones I collected from one of the longish-season-lasting plants last year.

Peas placed outside to start hardening off (but not planted yet)

Plunked all of the peas outside today to harden off.  Cold spring, but have to get this done because they're several inches tall now.  Brought them in tonight.

3 kales not looking good

3 of the kales, in adjacent connected pots, aren't looking so great these days.  Wilty.