I keep meaning to update here, and then I get sidetracked… it’s important for me to get accurate notes down to help for future planning, and just now I was thinking that I should post, so here it is, so that any more time doesn’t get away from me…

So well over a week ago, I was tripping on my cabbage plants in the house, and looking at the fact that the center leaves were starting to curl up, and I just knew they needed to go into the ground.  So the first thing I did was go out and stir up the dirt in the garden again, temp it, and found that it only raised a few degrees.  So I decided to give it a few more days, but while I was waiting, the bin of cabbages went to the back porch to harden.  After two days, they seemed just fine, so they went into the ground the Wednesday before last.  (I reserved four cabbage plants in the house, in case the first six tanked.)  After those were in, I sorted out the rest of the cole crops from my burgeoning plant propagation station, and set those outside to harden- thinking that I would get them into the ground that Friday.

Well, things happened, a quick weekend getaway was planned, and the plants came back into the house, because I just wasn’t going to have time to get them in the ground.   When we arrived home that Sunday, it was to an impending snow arrival, so Andy headed to the shop to construct me a rough cold frame for the cabbages in the ground.  How glad I was that the rest of the plants didn’t make it in!!

The cabbages survived, and this past Friday it hit 80 degrees, so the rest of the coles went in.  I have cauliflower, broccoli, kale and brussels sprouts in, and I also sprinkled just a few spinach and radish seeds.   Before I can do anymore planting, I MUST get some amending done.  I also need to properly mark out my square foot grids so that I’m doing things evenly.

Still no sign yet of the Swiss Chard coming back, and I also still can’t tell in the sage plant survived.  The thyme is greening up nicely, and the most surprising thing is the scallions that never got picked last year are looking great! I thought they were going to have to be ripped out, it will be interesting to see what they do.