I’m a little behind in updating what I’ve planted in the week.  Mostly because it has been an on going thing this week.  I find little bits of time here and there to throw things into the ground or into containers.  Here is what has been done this week.

In the Greenhouse:

Basil

Cilantro

Pac Choi

Marigolds

Zinnias

In the Garden:

Kale (I could eat it year round)

Leeks (starting from seed for winter leeks)

Brussels Sprouts (direct seed outside)

Ok, that didn’t seem like that much, but it took me forever to do.  Today/ this weekend I need to sow another few rows of lettuce, beets and carrots.  I need to finally get my first set of beans in (I’m a week behind on that) and get the last of the beds built since we have another 5 yards of Tagro coming on Monday.  Once those are filled I can add corn to one bed.  After these last few items are finished I can just do successive plantings until late May.  Once May arrives I’ll have tomato and pepper starts to plant, all of the various squashes to plant out and watermelon to start indoors (yes, I’m trying watermelon again).

My great Tagro experiment has mixed reviews on my part.  Everyone told me that it wouldn’t work (for review, we are starting this giant garden with straight Tagro Mix, not potting soil).  So far most all of the seeds that I’ve planted have germinated.  There are a few lettuces that have yet to come up, but I had low germination rates with those last year too.  The only issue I’m facing at the moment is slow growth.  For now I am blaming it totally on the weather.  We have not see more than 12 hours of full sun in weeks.  The weather guy keeps promising sun, but it never shows up.  I’m not giving up hope.