Potager Palaver (cool weather veggie garden, tomatoes, feeding the bees)
We are having a gorgeous sunshiny weekend here on the west coast, perfect weather for soaking up some Vitamin D while we go around top dressing garden beds and feeding trees and shrubs with some compost or manure.
To organically feed roses, trees, shrubs, fruiting and ornamental, pick up a load of manure or compost and give each plant a shovelful or two of this organic matter around the base.
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| Rhubarb coming up nicely in this sunshine! |
You can do this even on top of bark mulch if they are mulched up. The rains will bring the nutrients to the root system.
For trees that are planted in the lawn, throw down some manure around the drip line (where the rain drops fall from the branches) and rake it in. It will soon be dispersed to the roots by the rains and soil life.
Have trees or shrubs growing in large pots? Feed them some manure, too.
I'll be getting out there to prune up some of the roses that I did not get to last month, mostly the climbers and ramblers.
Weeding, as always, is also on the agenda. This time of year, I try to get to all the Hairy Bittercress, the seed-popping weed, before they shoot out hundreds of wee little seeds everywhere.
Here are the fun links that captured my interest this week...
Two tomato articles. I am crazy passionate about growing tomatoes. Love everything about heirloom tomatoes. Check out this article about growing great tomatoes in pots.. Tomatoes For Containers - Dave's Garden (davesgarden.com).
This one is about dwarf tomatoes... I wish it had more pictures, I love tomato pics, hahaha. Click on the link for the dwarf tomato project. I grow several of these new dwarfs and just love them. They are sure to become the new heirlooms of the future. What Are Dwarf Tomato Plants? - Gardening Channel
Want to attract more bees to your yard and potager? Here is a list of flowers, trees and shrubs for the bees, check out the box with annual suggestions at the bottom planting-a-bee-garden.pdf (uidaho.edu)
This one is even better, a great blog post for what to plant in the potager 6 Flowers to Grow in the Vegetable Garden - Tenth Acre Farm
What about making part of your yard into a meadow? Maybe on the septic field? Or the side yard? A drought tolerant, water saving front yard? How to Plant a Meadow Garden—Even in the City - Sunset Magazine Btw, I do not take off my adblocker ever, just click on the 'Continue to Site' to leave up your adblocker.
Interested in becoming a garden coach? Or finding out more about coaching? Behind the Scenes of Building a Garden Coach Business • Gardenary
This is a nice article with some good information in it if you are thinking of buying or building a greenhouse. Love that shiplap one : )
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| The spring flowers are popping up in my tapestry lawn. |
Wishing you all a really lovely sunny Sunday ~ Tanja
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