I do have a little garden notebook, made of paper, that I tote around to nurseries and gardening workshops. In my fit of seed planting I neglected to review my notes from the fall/winter gardening class. Alas, I read that lettuce doesn't usually make through a hard frost. There is nothing about beets started by seeds, except a recommendation to stick to seedlings late in the season. Argh.
I did hit up the nurseries today to buy seedlings of things that "overwinter." We shall see how this experiment goes. I have broccolli, cauliflour, kale, lettuce....I am realizing that my eyes exceed the amount of land I actually have to farm, but I'm sure I'll make it work or give away a few starts. $21 for a lot of starts.
Fede and a friend cleaned up the property line with a plastic barrier to keep the neighbor's grass and weeds from encroaching on our bed, which is partly shady and near the compost bin. With a narrow bare strip of pristine land I went to Garden Fever in a frenzy and bought a bunch of shady loving perennials. I am usually too cheap to buy many perennials, and since most of garden is in the sun, I am woefully clueless about the joys of shady gardening. Today was the day to break with my established routine. I spent a chunk of change, and almost all on shady lovers I never glance at, let alone buy.
Decided this stripe is my little expensive learning laboratory. I quickly dug some holes, filled with a bit of compost and watered them up, then stuck the plants in, tucked in with most compost on top. I did this all in the span of about 1 hour and 1/2. Impressive, imho.
The plants are pretty, and I have visions of them fill out the strip into a lovely green area where weeds can no longer find a footing at all. It will also make the compost area more scenic....it is the entry way to the patio, which is my last gardening frontier.
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