Day 32

If April showers bring May flowers.....

What does April snow bring?

Day 23: Surprise Garden

So I went out of town for the weekend and when I came back I noticed Nick has organized my sticks for me.  They are all in this neat little cluster instead of spaced evenly marking my rows.  It will be a surprise garden this year.  Pull a plant, it's a carrot: SURPRISE!

A lot of things came up while I was gone even though Brian never watered.  He said the sprinklers would at least water the ends of the boxes.  I am not complaining; he kept three kids fed, happy, and clean for three days which is more than most men could manage. 

The peas are coming along nicely and will hopefully not be too bothered by the tiny bit of snow today.  I am looking at these pictures thinking "wow, we have a lot of weeds back there and this blog says "No Weeds Allowed".  I guess I should change it to Some Weeds Allowed. 

The Rhoades helped me spray my trees on Tuesday, and also come out of the depressed state I have been in after seeing how beautiful it is in Washington.  Woe is me.  But the trees are budding and now they are straightening so maybe I can stick it out in Utah.  Bloom where I'm planted, that's what I'll do. 

Day 17- Good Morning Peas!

When I first looked this morning I saw one little pea plant coming up.  After I watered I counted at least 10.  Every time I checked there were more.  They are sneaky little peas. 

I will plant some more later today to finish off the rows.   That way they won't all be done at once.  I'm curious how quickly they will come up compared to the ones that got snowed on....

Oh yes, and I did spy a lone green onion as well.   I expect that I'll be seeing a lot coming up in the next few sunny days. 

Don't Cry for Me, I'm Just a Tree

Doreen came over to teach me how to prune the apple trees.  She must commune with tree spirits but they wouldn't tell me their secrets.  She gave me the pruning shears and told me to have a whack at it but I wasn't very good at spotting bad branches.  There are all these rules, like 3, 5, 7, no weak crotches, no suckers, it's a lot to remember on the first attempt.  I was hoping it would be more obvious but it turns out I will need more practice before I can do it on my own.  The trees do look nice, though.  Just a little stumpy.  It should be a good apple year because last year we got none.  (they are supposed to go every other year unless you have a little boy that likes to pull off all the blossoms)

Before                                                                                                                 After

                            

I thought we could leave the V growing in this one so we could have a little place to sit in 20 years but Doreen said no way, jose.

Day 16- Hello Radishes!

The whole row of "spinach" is up and I am shocked because I've never seen anything come up quicker than radishes. I checked the radish row a little closer and behold! Radish seedlings!

There is a reason they say that radishes are good for children's gardens. They don't require a whole lot of patience. I'm amazed that the spinach is beating the radishes. The race is on....

Day 15- First Green

I saw the first green in the garden today.  It's labeled as spinach but looks suspiciously like carrots.  I wonder if somebody switched my sticks around for an April Fool's joke.

 Now that the sun is shining I am a lot more excited to go out and check.  Keep those rays coming, Mr. Sun.

Day 6- Easter Morning

Luckily I only planted the packets that said "plant in spring as soon as the soil can be worked."  We would be in big trouble if there were any "sow seed when weather is warm and all danger of frost is passed" seeds out there.  April in Utah is full of danger.