Beltane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Flower Moon<\/p>\n
This is the kind of weather that can scare a Minnesota gardener.\u00a0 Right now the temperature is 42.\u00a0 It could, will, go lower, though the prediction says no lower than 40.\u00a0 If I thought it were going to get down to freezing, I’d have to cover my new peas and turnips.\u00a0 They have just poked above the soil and would suffer and most would die.<\/p>\n
My baby plants from inside are now adolescents; they stayed outside six hours today.\u00a0 Tomorrow, I’ll put them outside by the beds where they’ll be planted and give them one more day in the peat pots before digging them in to their permanent homes.<\/p>\n
I cut up the potatoes today, readying them for planting, too.\u00a0 They may be a little late, so we’ll see what we get.\u00a0 A lot of new plants in this year’s garden: leeks, parsnips, turnips, greens, brocolli, cauliflower, plants I may not understand too well.\u00a0 Again, we’ll have to see what we get.<\/p>\n
That kind of experimentation is one of the joys of gardening, eating something fresh that you’ve only ever had from a produce section of a supermarket.\u00a0 This year marks a large expansion in our vegetable and fruit crop.\u00a0 That means a lot of uncertainty, a steep learning curve with some plants.\u00a0 All part of the deal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Beltane\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Full Flower Moon This is the kind of weather that can scare a Minnesota gardener.\u00a0 Right now the temperature is 42.\u00a0 It could, will, go lower, though the prediction says no lower than 40.\u00a0 If I thought it were going to get down to freezing, I’d have to cover my new peas and turnips.\u00a0 … Continue reading A Cool Night.<\/span>