From the land of perpetually dirty fingernails... [View all]

Cold, wet, windy Michigan spring weather is the perfect time to get those fingers in the soil. Truthfully much of the work was done in our grow tents except for the potatoes which we started in the greenhouse about three weeks ago.
In the past we’ve done the potatoes in ground…this is a first in the bags…my knees are already happy. We’ll lay out a tarp and turn over the bag, then sort through the bounty. At least that’s the plan.🤞

Cabbage is coming along great. Moved the tomatoes out of the tropical environment of the grow tent and into the greenhouse. They adapted well even starting to flower. Out in the raised bed garden…radishes, spinach and two types of peas were stuck into the soil today.

Potatoes….3 kinds…Russet, Yukon Gold, Red. Some in 20 gallon bags…put some in 10 gallon bags. I had some seed potatoes left so I’m trying a 5 gallon just to see what we can get from the smaller size.



Love watching potatoes growing. Nothing…nothing…nothing…THEN the soil start swelling…a crack forms and the plant burst forth and our relationship deepens.🥰



The first time I saw cabbage start to grow it baffled me…it’s supposed to be heads, not leaves. Years have gone by and I’m still amazed at how they develop. Almost made me a head case…




Ahh… there’s my little beauties…2nd generation little cherry-like tomatoes that sprouted from the compost pile.
Please pardon the mess in the greenhouse…it’s not truly set up yet just hosting some early cool weather friends.
The tiny, yellow thing in the bag is a basil plant…it’s kinda like the canary in the mine…they are not very cold tolerant at all..it didn’t turn black which would tell me it got a little too cold down there at night. So alls good!