Yesterday was a pretty magical day in the garden. The weather here in the Pacific Northwest has been crazy delicious and the temps were touching 60 degrees yesterday. In February. Imagine that!!
I spent the morning transplanting 75 strawberry plants in the side garden. When I ordered the berry plants last fall I had no idea where I was going to plant them but would you believe, I had the exact amount of strawberry plants I needed for this spot? It was meant to be if you ask me.
I also made the decision to transplant my 9 blueberry plants opposite of the side garden as well. Instead of planting an evergreen shrub there now I’ll have an edible one. Pretty genius if you ask me.
While I was outside working in the side garden I also mapped out a plan. There is so much space available I think I’ll have plenty of room to grow a few rows of vegetables alongside the perennial herbs I’ll be planting. Since the herbs will get taller as the season goes on I think it will work out perfectly.
Do you have moss in your lawn? Gag. This stuff is everywhere, and to be honest, I’m not sure if I’ll be able to get rid of it because it seems like practically every lawn in our neighborhood has it.
I’ve decided I’m going to work on pulling out the moss this spring and re-plant the patchy areas with grass seed this summer. If it works, great. If not, I’m just not going to worry about it anymore. I have no desire to pump a bunch of money and chemicals into the lawn every year if the moss is here to stay.
And last but not least, my friend Jenny is planning a road trip to visit me in early April. She does not have a garden and all she wants to do is plant vegetables. Can you believe that? So now all I need to do is build those 4 garden boxes the HOA finally approved and I’ll be ready to put her to work. 😉
Yee-Haw! Spring is on the way!
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Rita says
Yesterday, with shears, clippers. gloves, and a Bloody Mary, I cut, pruned, and weeded. Cut in half some bushes that had grown too tall, took out a dead tree, and dug up the winter garden. With temps in the mid 70s here at the Texas coast, spring is just around the corner!
Heather says
I am also on the west coast, just a couple hours south and I decided because of this crazy weather I was going to gamble and put some seeds in (since I don’t actually gamble, planting seeds early is like living on the wild side). I put in radishes, early cabbage , beets, and peas at the end of January and they are all up and my garden is now rolling with seedling! I hope this weather sticks around, if so we will be flush in veggies in two months, if not I figure the worst that will happen is I will get a couple dollars of seedling in frost.
Wynne says
If you want the moss to go, consider a soil test — it might be acidity & fixable with lime.
Julie says
We moved late last summer to Whidbey Island. Too late to start a garden. We have 2 acres, so plenty of space. My worry though is we are on the west side of the island and it’s crazy windy. Do you know anything planting vegetables in really high wind areas?
Cecily says
I started my peppers, tomatoes and eggplants in the greenhouse, planted peas and finished the fence around the main garden this weekend.
Indio says
Agree with the previous poster about lime. I got rid of moss growing in a side garden by broadcasting espoma lime granules every 4 weeks. It took about 5 months but the moss slowly died off and i could put grass seed in.
Terri Lindeke says
Ed Hume – long time gardening expert from the NW – said he found a small fenced yard with the most perfect thick luxurious green grass he had ever seen. Mr. Hume had been on a walk in the Queen Anne neighborhood. He inquired of the property owner just how they managed to have such great grass with no weeds, moss or otherwise non grass growing in their lawn.
Grass seed. They regularly added grass seed to the lawn. The healthy grass – with new grass taking hold every week – crowded out all the other non grass growers.
Seems since you have been taking the worst of it out – you could add grass seed to fill in the now blank areas – and continue to do so and you just might outsmart the moss. Best of luck to you.
Mavis says
Interesting! I might have to try that!