Around the garden

The weather here isn't helping. Humid and raining. I read that it's best to store the garlic in cool and dark areas, 15-18 C. I'm going to transfer the garlic in a perforated container then find a cooler place in the house to store them. It's currently the precious harvest of DH. Local garlic here is like 5x more expensive than the imported ones. Crazy I know.

My hydroponics are starting off very well. I have a new batch ready to move out to the tower outside.

Thanks to all your techniques.

I got busy this morning. I had a second session of cleaning the greenhouse windows, doint the inside this time as well as having another go at the outside. It was hot work as the sun was out. Today was the first time this year that the window auto-opener opened the top window. The plants inside seem tp be accelerating in growth too.

Some of the seeds that I planted, inside the house a few days back, have germinated. Slowly the race begins!

I realise that I have to buy some more cucumber seed but it's too early here for them yet.My seedlings are coming on well with the fine warm weather here. Even in the house they feel the benefit. Added to that I accidently left my heated propagator on overnight last night. I prefer to switch such things off overnight, just using them as a boost for a couple of hours in the morning and the evening. It seems to work reasonably like that. During the day the seed trays are in the front window so get heated, like a normal greenhouse, by the sun.

I own several plants. They are my pride and joy. I don't over-water them: too much water will kill them. I don't let them go bone-dry either. It is a balance. They also sit by a warm window and I have re-potted them in years past.

I don't have a garden but my plants are very happy.

I moved my tomatoes out into the hydroponic garden last night. Next will be the leafy veggies.

Candy, it comes from my mom who does have green fingers. I swear she can grow anything anywhere. Me, I have to work at it but I am getting better all the time. My mom doesn't do hydroponics though and that is what I am doing now.

I need to get out into the greenhouse this week and organise things for the growing season. I have noticed that on sunny days it is getting too hot for the broad beans so they need to come outside. I need to organise the inert media and trays for my hydroponic approach to some peppers and tomatoes too. Some of the tomatoes need potting on as they are getting too leggy for the seed trays they are in.

The pea seeds I planted have sprouted well to so they need transferring to their final location.

I never learnt how to do gardening kjay: I'll never know now. But I can appreciate its effort and the beautiful results you get from gardening. On the bright side: I DO know how to clean, at least.

Good grief , we pulled a lot of the ivy away from the fence yesterday. Now dont get me wrong I like ivy as such it can be a good hedge when treats and kept in trim but this was awful it had been left to grow wild long stems and runners with few leaves it was awful.. Mind you it was just about the only thing holding the fence up.

So the garden looks alot cleaner and bigger without all the mess and there is much less invitation for the cats..
But we are now pricing up fence panels..

We have to do something about ours, too... I want a balance. Some of them are growing up the trees and have them almost completely covered on the trunk, which isn't so healthy for the trees.. but the birds love eating whatever bugs are living in there.