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Got my 2nd fenceline planted, this time with sugar snap peas. The seeds are 3yo, so I planted them thickly. They are just about 2 to 2 1/2 inches apart. I am sure to have some sprout. I can come back later and reseed.
I dug with my spade about 5-6 inches deep right next to the chicken wire fencing and about 8-10 inches south and deposited that soil south of the planting bed. I have been growing here for several years now and the soil was very easy to handle, even though it had some natural compacting.
Here is the planting row before planting, a shot of the peas--I planted 90 sugar snap pea seeds in this 12 ft row--and a shot after planting, which looks identical to the first shot. I also sowed scallions and mescalun lettuce seeds, just to see if they will fill in. I really didn't cover Those seeds. We are expecting heavy rain Wednesday afternoon and the scallion seeds match the color of the soil, and I am not going to worry about any birds eating them, since they are eating Something? in my north pasture right now.
When I used my hand rake to push back the soil I had dug out, I discovered that the soil in between this fenceline and the fenceline to the south is Really rich. I have been dumping there from soiled horse bedding for years now and it's been breaking down into nice compost. You can see a mound in between each of the fencelines and I am thinking I should move this to use somewhere else, especially since I am not growing anything there--too much foot traffic, that is, My foot traffic. I took a shot of my garden seat--you can See how the soil in between is mounded--which is waiting for tomorrow's planting, and where I deposited my new trowel hanging from a metal fencepost. I couldn't find my other 2 trowels, and this one that I just bought at Dollar General is actually pretty sturdy. OH, and more German red garlic is up!
 

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Sapphire Beauty Dutch Iris blooming. Forgot I planted this. Dandelions aren't even up yet.View attachment 73265

yes, those are similar to the ones that normally come out really early here too. bulb irises. i have several kinds. always great to see even if they may get buried in snow or frost damaged. some years i've even had them out in warm enough weather that they've gotten pollinated from the bees.
 

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I finally planted 2 take home containers with Microgreens. It is on top of the fridge. Eldest DD (Chef) says she wants the harvests. I was surprised at the amount of seeds in this one packet.
Last Fall I bought six packages on clearance, 12 cents each. I dead reckon that every package can grow about 3 small containers, and I have read to use a lot of seeds. I will check on these in a few days, keep them well watered on top of a heat mat on top of the fridge. I put holes in the bottoms and the lids. I held a knife to a candle flame to heat it up and make it easier to make the holes. Each has a plastic (lid) tray that I can keep full of water to help.
 

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shows two of them that i have (the blue and dark purple reddish). i used to have a yellow one but i'm not sure i do any longer, plus i don't know if i have any pics of those (i should have, but perhaps i never did because those wispy ones don't stick around for long and cold weather does them in even faster).

...lemme go look at my picture collection and see if i do have any of them...

ok, i do have pictures of some of the yellow and perhaps another purple/blue type but those were pictures taken the first few years after they were planted (2011-2013ish). they don't seem to have persisted or i've never been out there to get pictures of them in recent years. i didn't post any of those to my website (probably because i'd not gotten any more recent pics - i no longer remember why - yes i do admit it that my memory isn't perfect like the rest of me... :) ).
 

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