We did at least not get the snow.

 

The morning was anything but nice here, very windy and the wind was chilling col plus some drizzle mixed in but I see us as the lucky ones because an area south of us had snow. Not that the snow stayed because it was too warm (well warm doesn’t sound right but it was at least above freezing degrees 🙂 ). It stayed pretty chilly until noon and after that we had a totally different weather. The air warmed up, the wind calmed down some and changed direction slightly so it didn’t reach my garden and the sun has been shining since early afternoon.

Snow this time of year is still rather common to be honest, despite the climate changing. Two years ago just as March was ending and easter arriving I had just brought home Malkolm and since we’ve had temperatures up to 20C (68F) I really didn’t think we would have any more snow falling. Suddenly we had the snowstorm of the decade arriving passing by and leaving 40 cm of snow on the ground and it stayed cold for a week as well. Well I couldn’t really have a puppy in the doghouse/ yard with that amount of snow outside because he should never understand that it would be a bad thing to stay outdoors in that cold weather, so I had to take a week of vacation until the warm weather returned 🙂 🙂 🙂

Nothing much I can do outside when the weather is as chilly as it is but I have moved two small black currant bushes and potted one as well. They were growing in the way of the dogs chasing each other in the garden 🙂 🙂 I also remove all stinging nettle roots that I can find. If You have nettles in Your garden it shows that the ground is nutrient rich, especially with nitrogen. That however don’t make me like them 🙂 🙂 I really shouldn’t have them here since all I have in the ground is sand, slate and gravel and actually quite a lot of bog ore. They actually look much like any bigger stone but as they start to dry in the air they suddenly split up in several slices and goes rusty inside. However I have dogs and have had many at the same time during those 26 years I’ve lived here so they keep up the high nitrogen levels 🙂 🙂 🙂

The pollen situation is still bad and that’s before the birches and pines start so it’ll be a fun spring. So I have to do something indoors and this is the sowing season after all. So I have now sown the mixed melon seeds I got as a bonus, I’ve also sown what I think is called New York aster, New England aster, two more tomatoes and a few seeds of the Litchie tomato. I’m not sure the last one is actually worth growing but since I’ve bought the seeds I really should try them. I have lots of other seeds that must be sown indoors since our climate doesn’t allow sowing them outside if we want the fruits before winter arrives but I’ll take it slow because I really don’t have any space close to the windows any more 🙂 🙂

I’m thinking I will plant two melon plants in this raised bed. Last year I had carrots and strawberries here but I moved the strawberries to another spot.

It is time for that last cup of tea for the day, I really should bake a couple of loafs but just don’t have the energy. I’ll do it tomorrow instead and can always have cornflakes for breakfast tomorrow

Have a great day!

2 responses to “We did at least not get the snow.”

  1. Carol Avatar
    Carol

    our weather in Seattle has been variable too. Rain one day, sun the next, fog and rain after that. I have been working in the volunteer greenhouse. We moved all the transplants outside just as it got really cold and windy with sleet. Not good timing! They were covered but some did not handle the cold very well. The next day it was cool but sunny, so we could start our ritual of uncovering in the morning and covering again at night. Good thing we cover them, because it froze last night, and we had heavy fog this morning!

    I went to my raised bed in the community garden. They are going to add soil, because rain, growing plants and wind make the soil levels go down. I pulled most of the straw off my patch, and saw lots of earthworms. This is good because it means there is enough humus in the soil for them to keep from drying out. And they are excellent decomposer, so I won’t have to add so much fertilizer, they’ll be breaking up the dead plant material. Including the tomatoes that fall off when too ripe.

    I tried to be more reasonable in my seed and plant buying this year, rather than have a lot of seeds of plants that don’t do well.

    Here’s hoping you have another good week!

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    1. Christer. Avatar
      Christer.

      Hi Carol!

      That’s always the problem, bringing them outside and then the weather turns 🙂 I’ve moved out a lot to my greenhouse and I cover them almost every night just to be sure. I didn’t have enough cover after I moved out almost everything but even though we had frost all night they still look good in there 🙂

      Yes those levels drop a lot during a year. I have loads of compost this year though so thankfully I don’t need to buy any more soil this year. I’ll fill ups when the weather is a bit more stabile.
      I have more worms now than when I moved here, it’s almost no soil in the ground so they don’t love it here. I do however leave all leafs on the ground in autumn and if there are any left now I’ll just mow them down. The old owners loved a grass desert and really don’t like how my garden works now days 🙂 🙂 🙂

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