Harvested and Planted 3-10-12

Here are the carrots I covered and left in the ground all winter.  I cleaned up the dead leaves before taking this picture.

I pulled all of the carrots out of the ground.  I am planting potatoes in this bed.

I did not clean up the dead leaves where the beets were covered all winter.  There would have been nothing to see if I had cleaned them up.  Notice the little spot of green in the upper right quadrant.

The two beets that are good are the ones that were in a low spot and got some water.  I'm sure if I had watered them all better and more often all winter the rest would have been good instead of shriveled.

Here is what is left of my potatoes from last year.   The little ones are perfect for next years crop.  These are in the refrigerator vegetable bin all year.  Shriveled or not; I pick the whole ones with 4 to 6 eyes and plant them.

Here they are.  Seven potatoes in each row.  The beds are 6 feet long and 2 1/2 feet wide.  They are covered now with about 2 or 3 inches of soil and I put the glass cover over them also.  They were also well watered after covering with soil.

I usually plant my potatoes on St. Patrick's Day, but decided to plant on the 10th, because the afternoon was so nice.  I'm glad I did since snow is expected for the 17th.

I Started My Garden Sunday

I looked at the calendar in early February and found out that March 3 and 4 were Sunday and Monday.  Those were the best planting days for above ground crops according to the  Planting Astrology Days.  I wanted to give it a try.  Sunday afternoon I realized that March 3 and 4 were actually Saturday and Sunday.  I hurried and got out my supplies and started planting.  So much for just being lazy and having a relaxing Sunday afternoon.

I buy seeds from a place in Hidden Valley at the community yard sale every year.  Last year they said that they would no longer be selling seeds.  :(

I bought 4 little starter kits last year along with other seeds.  Some I planted the seeds that came in the starter kits and some I planted other seeds in.

This year I decided to take pictures along with writing down what I planted.  Last year I ended up with a few mixed up pots of plants.  I like to keep track of the number of seeds I plant also, so that I get an idea of germination rate.  Here are the things I planted before I covered up the seeds.

Remember to plant your seeds 2 to 3 times the depth of the seed.

Peat pots are in these tiny cups I got from the yard sale too.

Two trays of Genovese Basil started in last years pots with last years soil.

I took tall tomato starter refills and put them in this cupcake tray and planted pumpkins, gourd, and melon seeds.

Two cilantro seeds germinated in the pot that is at my front door.  One died.  I planted a seed packet in January, but kept forgetting to water them.  I planted them because there is cilantro growing in my flower beds that I didn't plant and they were ready to harvest is January.  I replanted seeds that I saved in 2010 from the plant that was in that pot that year.

Lids on containers and next to windows that get a lot of sun.

Mini greenhouses.






I got everything planted except tomatoes.  I will plant them during the light, or waxing, of the moon, so that means I need to wait until after March 22.  I am going to try planting a piece of ginger root too.  That needs to be planted during the dark, or waning, of the moon.  I can plant it this weekend since the day after the full moon is Friday.
Planting by the moon and/or Astrology dates takes a lot of planning.  This may be the only year I do this unless it is very successful.