Phaedra's Garden 2022

[Phaedra]

Sage seedlings, so cute

Pumpkins, zucchini, cucumbers, melons, watermelons, okras, eggplants, tomatoes - all growing indoors unless the temperature in the greenhouse is warm enough

Today is rainy and cold, so I decided to do some in-depth cleaning in the kitchen and enjoy Netflix.

I love to keep my kitchen clean and tidy.

Aren't they just adorable?

I like peeling garlic while watching Netflix.

Nothing better than enjoying personal time in a clean and cozy corner

Before going to bed, I gave all wooden utensil an oil bath and let them sit overnight.

Good night!

 

[Phaedra]

The small hoop tunnel has made some progress today - I guess it will be fully ready for planting soon. Tomorrow we will finish the rest of the PVC pipe frame and the plastic film.

As the plants will be directly transplanted on the ground, I made a simple door from old materials to prevent dogs from entering. Hopefully, I can build more things gradually because it feels good.

 

[baymule]

It does feel good to build something useful. You are I’ll enjoy it even more when it is planted and growing.

 

[Phaedra]

A bright day! Such weather conditions will remain for another ten days - I can imagine how actively those transplanted hardy veggies and flowers will develop.

Gardening is lifelong learning. As a gardener, we have to choose what we want to learn and experience, set the goals and schedules, find the path to make things happen and collect all kinds of joys along the way.

I kept sowing and transplanting these few days - still those hardy ones.

This bed is for the cut flowers.

One of the colorful mixed beds

Fava beans that sowed last autumn and overwintered in the greenhouse - yes, they grow much faster than the ones planted this Feb. There are totally six beds of fava beans now, I should have a good chance to enjoy their young shoots for a couple of months.

One of the tulip areas

The first batch of dwarf sunflowers enjoys the sunlight. The second batch was sowed few days ago.

Trees are also doing well - this one needs a good pruning after the bloom.

This one was planted last spring, and it's almost time for the blossom now.

The no-dig, semi-open tunnel - the progress is slow, but it's fine. Those warmth-loving plants have to stay indoors until the end of May, anyway.

Those small containers came on board first.

 

[baymule]

I like your pallet garden. And you put containers with strawberries in the top of one, that will keep the dirt off the berries. You garden will soon explode with growth.

 

[Phaedra]

Replenished the feed for garden birds

Spent some time with our lovely hens

I don't need so many of them, but....it was an accident - the seed bag just dropped into the potting soil, so now I have at least 60 Ethiopian mustard plants. Well, at least, they look cute in the module tray.

Mega bright weather, all young plants enjoy their sunbath.

Artichoke seedlings, growing well, too

 

[Phaedra]

I like your pallet garden. And you put containers with strawberries in the top of one, that will keep the dirt off the berries. You garden will soon explode with growth.

I can't wait to plant things inside, but it's preserved for tomatoes majorly. This means I can only use maybe 30% space first - the rest has to wait till the end of May.

Today the plastic film arrived, BUT, oh my god, it's PINK!

I went back to check what was wrong(with my eyes), oooh, it said: "transparent with pink stitch" - and I only read "transparent" ....

A pink polytunnel..... (thankfully, there is no hello kitty on it)

 

[baymule]

I love the top knot on the golden speckled hen! So cute!
Ethiopian mustard? Never heard of it, had to look it up. Interesting, it is grown as an oil seed crop. It shows great promise.

Mustard Plant Jet Fuel Could Reduce Emissions by 68 Percent

Carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation sector constitute 2.5 percent of global emissions. One way to reduce this carbon footprint is to replace conventional aviation fuel (obtained by refining crude oil) with aviation fuel derived from sustainably produced biomass feedstocks.

www.usda.gov

Mustard Plant Jet Fuel Could Reduce Emissions by 68 Percent

Carbon dioxide emissions from the aviation sector constitute 2.5 percent of global emissions. One way to reduce this carbon footprint is to replace conventional aviation fuel (obtained by refining crude oil) with aviation fuel derived from sustainably produced biomass feedstocks.

www.usda.gov

This link says that overwintered plants can sprout back out in mild climates.

Mustard ‘Amara’ Ethiopian | Log House Plants

loghouseplants.com

 

[baymule]

Your pink garden plastic will be the envy of the neighborhood! Haha!

 

[Phaedra]

I love the top knot on the golden speckled hen! So cute!

Here comes a closer look~She was a very good mother hen last summer and hatched six healthy chicks.

Until the baby chicks are larger than her (she is the smaller breed)

Her sister is also very cute.