Almost Time to Harvest Spinach Leaves

It has been about a week or so since I planted my spinach into the ground and most of them have been growing quite well especially with some of the rain and cool weather that we have been having.  The daytime temperatures have been a little warm, but at night it has been in the low 40's.  This is perfect for dark green spinach leaves.

I also had some more that needed to be placed into the ground and that is what I did yesterday afternoon.  I wanted to get the last of the spinach in the ground so that I can have two separate batches of spinach that I can pick at different times.  This means double the amount of spinach leaves because when one is picked the other one is continuing to grow and vice versa.

Check out the spinach I transplanted yesterday.

It is still somewhat small but in a couple of weeks it will look full and be ready for harvesting and then consumption.

I decided to grow some more flowers that will attract bees and other important insects because I believe you can never have enough flowers.  I try to plant as many flowers as possible every season and that is what I did yesterday as well.  Dill and alyssum were my first choices since they are easy to grow and I also threw in their some cilantro.

I also wanted to plants some more vegetables as well and I decided on peppers and eggplant.

The Latest Update on My Plant Progress

Here is just a simple post that I wanted to put together and show you the latest progress that my plants have been making.  Some new sprouts, flowers beginning to bud, and others that are beginning to thrive are just some of the things that are happening with my indoor plants.  Let's begin with my fruits and vegetables.

Onions and spinach are the only plants that are in the garden right now, but they are enjoying the somewhat cool and sunny weather.  Along with the rain they are thriving just like they should.

Now here are cucumbers, tomatoes, cantaloupe, and watermelons.

Now let's move on to the herbs and flowers that I have been planting.  These would include alyssum, dill, and cilantro for now.

This is just some of the plant progress that has been going on the past couple of weeks with the sunny weather and somewhat warmer temperatures.  Make sure to come back often to see what else is happening with my garden and indoor plants.

Onions Sprouting and Spinach Transplanted

Busy day yesterday with the transplanting of spinach occurring.  The roots of my spinach plants were starting to get a little root bound especially the ones that had a few sets of leaves growing.  I put the strongest ones into the soil first and the others I will do very shortly.  Next week is the latest that I want to have them into the soil.

I tilled a couple of rows of soil for my spinach plants.  Twenty of them should be able to fit into the space that I provided for them.

I also discovered that some of my onions are growing bright green stems for the first time this season.  Granted it is only the early ones, but in another week or two more and more of them should be growing stems.  By the end of the month a majority of them will be sprouting and growing in their respective soils.

Garden soil onions.

Tote onions.

The Weather is Beginning to Heat Up

Now that spring weather is starting to appear and trees are beggining to show signs of budding along with grass starting to grow it is time to work in the garden.  My plants are still in containers from starting them inside and they will be placed outside to get used to the weather.  This is just something that the plants need to go through in order to be placed in the garden without getting a shock to their system.

Now that my plants are outside and it is warm enough to work with the soil and is beginning to dry I thought yesterday was a perfect time to work on my blueberries.  I didn't do much except for weeding them and removing many leaves that had collect during the fall months.  It was mostly maple leaves and trees around the area that happen to get collected here.

As you can see from the picture below of all the fall debris that had collect along with some grass that was beginning to grow as well.  I got rid of all of it in order to give them a good head start to the summer season.

Along with warmer weather comes transplanting of some plants mainly my spinach which has been growing quite well.  It is still too early to till the entire garden as well as placing any other plants in the soil so I will just focus on spinach for the time being.  Later on I will be working on my other plants.

They are beginning to grow their second set of leaves and the roots have almost reached the bottom and this is how you know when it is time to place them in the soil.

More Cucumbers Were Needed as Well as Flowers

I wanted to plant some more cucumbers today because I did not plant enough the first time.  I placed plenty of seeds in them and they are now beginning to sprout.  With warmer weather coming pretty soon it is important to get all my vegetables and fruits growing as soon as possible.

I have mostly all the plants I need growing at the moment and some of them I will not plant until I till the garden because they get sown directly into the ground.  Since I had an extra light I made sure that I utilized it while it is not being used.  Now my cucumbers and flowers such as alyssum, dill, and cilantro are growing underneath it.

Flowers planted in large green containers.

 Cucumbers planted in plastic cups.

Just Another Day for Planting Onions

The time has come to start planting onions outside now that the weather is starting to warm up enough to plant these bulbs.  It has been warming up above freezing for the past week allowing me to work with the soil stored inside the totes that I use.  The first week of April is perfect for growing these bulbs.

One added thing that I am doing this year with onions is trying to plant them in the garden as well as in the totes that I used for the past ten years or more.  This was something I did many years ago, but didn't do quite as well as the totes.  I am trying it this year with all the extra onion bulbs that I had left over.  A pound and a half of onion bulbs can get you quite a bit of bulbs.

This means that I have to take care of two different areas of onions this season instead of worrying about the totes.  I will have to double my efforts such as more mulch, fertilizer, and watering.  This shouldn't be bad as long as I do what I did last season.

Peppers, tomatoes, and more plants are sprouting inside.  While it is warm for onion bulbs it is not warm for many of my other plants that I started inside.  Tomatoes and peppers have just sprouted last week and are looking quite good with minimal amount of sunlight.

Tomato

Pepper

At the same time I am beginning to harden off my spinach plants as early as possible in order to get them accustomed to the temperatures and winds that they will face once I plant them into the ground.