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I don't handle the heat very well and a couple of times already it has hit 100 in the green houses when it was only 60 outside. It is trying to rain with a bit of snow mixed in. Gardening here is a bit of challenge with a chance of frost up till the last week of this month. So I start plants inside then move them to the little greenhouse that I heat at night and finally outside. The pumpkins and squash go in boxes for the first week that I put them out to protect them from the wind and keep them warm at night. This morning I am transplanting them from 3" peat pots to 1 litre yoghurt containers. They will be in them till they go outside in three weeks. They will be quite large by then. I'm growing Bells of Ireland. It has green flowers. I grow annuals to fill in around the perennials. I started petunias too late so will probably buy a flat of them again this year. 48 plants to a flat. I buy picabella. They are smaller but have more flowers and come in mixed colours. They are about 75 cents a plant. This summer I have to go rescue a bunch of perennials that are getting badly weeded in.
Electric tiller works great for this. I lift the plant, till the area, pick out the debris and put the plant back. It works good for putting plants among the lilac bushes. Hopefully Richard will have my trencher welded so I can plant potatoes next week.
Some times I have to keep the tops buried so they don't freeze. This year I hope to have a hiller built for the tractor so I don't have to do it with a hoe.
I have a sour cherry bush to move. It is just a whip and the deer chewed on it. The mother tree got core rot and wasn't producing so I took it out. There is another whip if this one isn't good. My friend will be here in two weeks so I think I will leave thinning the raspberries to her unless all of a sudden I have some spare time. We need to move a few plants to make room for the black berries. More bulbs coming too. And blue berry bushes and grapes to grow in the green house.
Some times It feels like I have taken on too much work.
I really need to get the pump into the pond so I can water flower beds since we don't seem to be getting much rain. Not a big chore but I need to replace two fittings. Everything is plastic now.
I would love to see more pics. I'm sure we all would.
Davit
