Has Spring Actually Sprung?

With rain forecast for tomorrow I thought it best to take advantage of the spring weather today and get some mushroom soil worked into the main plot. It could have used an application  last last year but time did not allow. Shrum soil is such a wonderful additive especially for heavy clay soils. I try to add it every other year if time allows. An added benefit this year is that our local garden center has put their shrum soil under cover. So it was perfect; damp but not too wet, just right for working up with the tiller. The main plot got 1.5 yards.

I also finished up the new tomato/pepper bed. This is outside the protection of the rabbit fence but since varmints don't usually go for tomatoes and peppers and since they take up so much garden space for the entire season, I am hoping that giving them their own bed will free up more space in the main plot for other things. It took a lot of tilling effort to get this accomplished since this section of yard had never been worked up before. About half a yard of shrum soil finally got it into shape to the point where I could drop the tiller depth down as far as it would go.

The strawberry bed got uncovered too. This will be the first season after the partial renovation last summer. We will have to wait and see if the effort yields a better berry.

First Till of 2013

Took advantage of the mild temps today to do the first till of the season. About half of the winter wheat from last fall managed to sprout and had only formed small clumps but I thought it best to go ahead and get it worked up before the next rain. Should be able to get the peas and the first starts of lettuce in there by the middle of April.