Spring seems to take forever in the Pacific Northwest. Just when I think it is time to plant or give the overwintered this or that some much needed outdoor exposure, the temps drop. I try to keep an eye on the weather but we often do not follow the foretasted temps very closely. The lemon grass went out yesterday as the weather app said the low would be about 5-8 degrees warmer than it actually was. I’m really hoping I didn’t lose it to the cold.
This weekend saw the first ‘real’ day of gardening for the year. Spring just around the corner and while I did plant some garlic in Jan (very late), that didn’t involve more than poking my finger in the ground to make a hole and popping the fattest cloves in before covering with soil and so can’t REALLY be counted as a Spring planting.. Yesterday saw the addition of some peet moss to the fairly sandy soil of my newish garden spot. It does feel good to get the fork into the soil and turn it over to see some earthworms. There has to be some organic matter in there to support them right?
After the turning over and addition of some organic fertilizer, I seeded a couple of small beds. Spring plantings are my favorite. After a long dark winter nothing feeds the soul like the first planting of Spring. Yesterday saw two favorites go into the ground. Spinach (Giant Winter and Olympia Hybrid) and Lettuce (Gourmet Blend and Oak Leaf Blend). The seed was a couple of years old in both instances so I seeded thickly. If I can get 20% germination out of them I’ll have more than we need for the allotted space.  If not, there will be time to try again with the lettuce. The spinach maybe not though. The days get long quickly this time of year and once Spinach starts seeing days very long it will bolt regardless of the temps.
Do you still have Fil Mjolk starters?
Sorry I don’t any longer.