Many white potatoes stored in the root cellar over winter have sprouted. Cut them up yesterday and set them out to dry a bit. Planting 6 rows today 4 feet apart and 2 feet between plants. This spacing will give them plenty of growing space. Potatoes are the most nutrient-dense vegetable. Wide-apart rows leave plenty…
Friend with a greenhouse uses 21-gallon totes, drills 4 drainage holes in the sides 3 inches from the bottom: excess water drains out, but a reservoir forms in the bottom so she doesn’t have to water as often. Cool idea. Plants 2 tomatoes in each and ties them up on strings.
Yes, it snowed last night! Quite unexpected, but nothing was bothered by it. And, the rhubarb has just put its first leaves up right through it. I love rhubarb. It is rather sour, but cooked with sugar is just the right tartness for pancake or ice cream topping. And cake! My grandmother would make plain…
Checked the dried and storage garlic today and found two that have sprouted little green tops. They will not keep now (the bulbs get mushy) so I planted them out with the winter garlic. This will test whether garlic should be planted in the fall or if it is ok to plant them in spring.
The garlic popped their little heads up today. They were planted last fall about 6 inches apart and covered with lots of mulch. During the winter they put out roots so they are strong in the spring. Garlic is tasty in so many types of dishes and also roasted. They will grow about 3 feet…