Too Many Tomatoes
My diary of gardening in Western New York
Wednesday, April 2, 2025
April Showers
Monday, March 24, 2025
Transplanting More Seedlings
I'm right in the middle of transplanting season. I had to kick two grow lights off of the counter to give me more room. Everything is growing very well.
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Top: Pink Celosia and Salmon Vinca Bottom: Onions, Sage and Coleus |
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Broccoli, Cauliflower and Cabbages |
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Micro Tomatoes and Ornamental Peppers with room for dwarf varieties |
Wednesday, March 19, 2025
More Pruning and Picking Up and Stuff Like That
We've been working outside a lot and getting ourselves back in shape. We both have a regular walking routine but all of this upping and downing and lifting on top of that takes some getting used to. We're not old but we're not as young as we used to be.
After walking past the south apple tree for a week I became determined to top it. This is not the first time it has been topped. In fact, the current main leader is not even the original main leader. There is no point growing apples up there. I can't reach them even with my apple picker. So I got the big pole pruner out again. This is how top pruning is accomplished. This pole is fifteen feet long. It's main job is to help us lift the telephone wires when we have to get a big truck in or out, but it is still sharp
Spring Chores
While the weather can be variable in March, I can usually find a few hours each day when the weather is pleasant enough to spend some time working in the garden. Time to turn the compost pile. This compost needs to begin heating back up because if I sifted through this now, only about half of it would be ready to use. I picked a warm, sunny day so any earth worms that I disturbed would be active enough to bury themselves again.
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I circled a few but the row goes all the way to the end |
Sunday, March 16, 2025
Seedlings
My cole crops are up, simultaneously and almost instantaneously. About three or four mornings after seeding them I went to check and where there had been nothing before there was, all of a sudden, an entire garden on the move.
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Except for the lazy peppers |
Saturday, March 15, 2025
More Poking Around
I'm still making the rounds assessing the garden and landscape. Below is the nicest batch of snow drops I've ever gotten. I planted the bulbs a few years ago but they are spreading by reseeding themselves. I cannot begin to tell you how tricky it is to leave the tiny seedlings each summer as I am mulching and weeding. But my diligence has been rewarded.
Thursday, March 13, 2025
Crocuses