First al Fresco Dinner

Pizza Night and we had it on the deck.  It was in the upper 70s today.

More Projects

We've spiffied up the area around our front entrance.  We put up a short trellis, covered the ugly white drain pipe with a wooden box and then put a big pot with a hosta on top.  We also put down some pea gravel against the house, and finally I moved a tiny hosta from the back yard to the front.

In the back yard I put down a row of concrete edging along the concrete path to replace some plastic edging, which didn't work well.

Today I also planted my 'On Deck' corn in a big plastic pot.  Nine seeds total in the pot.  We'll see...

Rain Barrels

Today we set up our new rain barrels.  We have one in front (we may add another one there) and three in back.  Now all we need is some rain.

Last Frost?

Yesterday morning we had frost on the deck, although the temperature on the roof was 35.  With warm sunny weather predicted for the next week, this may be our last frost.

Pizza Night

Last night we had asparagus pizza, with bacon.  Yum!!

Berries Fertilized

Today I gave the blueberries and Beckyberries the first of their three doses of fertilizer.  I gave each blueberry bush 1/4 c. of all-purpose fertilizer and each Beckyberry plant 1/3 c.

Yesterday I moved most of the tomato starts into 4" pots.  They are now in the cold frame.  A few of them have still not germinated.

Potatoes

Today I planted a bed of Yukon Gold potatoes.  I amended the bed with 1 1/2 c. of bone meal and 1/2 c. of ground eggshells.  I dug a trench, then used the bulb planter.

I got the seed potatoes from Territorial, 2 lbs. for $15.95.  Earlier this week, when I was at the hardware store in Mt. Angel, I noticed I could have gotten them (not organic) for $.89 per lb.

I also started more pepper plants.  None of the seeds from the first planting germinated.  I think they may have been too wet.