Today was absolutely beautiful, and I'm happy to say I spent all but maybe four hours outside. It wasn't all gardening, but I was outside and that's what matters. I did get about three hours of good, hard gardening time while the little guy took his nap. I also did another check of the vegetables I have inside and was a bit surprised to find beans! I put the plant tray in our bay window a couple days ago, and with the exception of a quick water, I hadn't really inspected them. So to find beans today was a pretty cool treat. I decided to move the plants outside under the cloche. They've been cooped up long enough.
The cucumbers even have flower buds on them, another surprise. For some reason I had it in my head that none of this would happen until I moved the plants outside. Now, let's hope that we get a decent crop out of these babies!
Meanwhile, I planted some of the stockpile I've been gathering over the last couple weeks. The Forsythia and cypress went in at the front garden, and I finally planted the redtwig dogwood I brought home from my day helping with the Native Plant Salvage program. Most of my planting decisions today were to replace the many Hebes I lost over the winter. I decided I just couldn't stand looking at their dead, brown foliage and withering stems in the hope that they would snap out of it.
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You have buds on the cucumbers? Wow! Looks like you've been having the great weather too- I hope spring is here to stay! I just pulled my beautiful Hebe as well. Then I visited a blog that talked about Cisco's book and he says if you really want to know if your planting have survived- wait until June! I'm leaving my smaller Hebe- just to see- darn it!
Yeah, I saw that on Karen's site. I even have that book but have yet to read it, oops. I'm going to put my hebes in a shadier spot. My 'Amy' used to be in the shade and did much better.
I know it was a treat to be outdoors all day. I can't believe you already have beans! Hope you enjoy the rest of the week and Easter blessings to you and your family.
Congrats on the veggies, that is a wonderful surprise!
I know what you mean. I have some tomatoes I've been waiting to plant that have blooms. I'm glad to see that. Hopefully after this cold snap I will be able to plant them.
This is great! Some of my pepper plants inside have blooms as well and today they are going into their containers.
It was perfect gardening weather. I'm glad you were able to get your plants in the ground. I noticed that my zucchinis have flower buds on them too.
I think you were right to yank the hebes. Even if they'd recover, who knows what would happen next year. I'm only hanging on to that one because I had just planted it. It was in a very exposed location, oops, so I'm betting it will give up the ghost. Just trying the Ciccoe advice as an experiment since it's not taking up too much room. Congrats on the beans, wow! These are days for long gardening and short blogging, huh? :)
MMMM! Cucumbers! You're lucky to have warm weather already!
Yum...just think of the wonderful fresh salads you will be enjoying this summer! Tasty. You can sit out in your beautiful garden and enjoy the fruits of your labor ;)
Blooming cucumber?! You are a hero, Melanthia!
Yes my dead Hebes are also history...having been relegated to the great compost heap in the sky.
The weather has been awesome. Such a delight to finally get outdoors.
I hope we're done with frosty weather so your plants do well outside. I'm thinking about lantana for my window boxes and warm weather, or at least warmER weather is a must.
Another way to see if your plants have survived is to take your fingernail and at the plant's crown make a tiny scratch to pull back the outer bark. If the inside is green, it's alive. If not, toast. Works every time but requires patience.
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