Just More Gardening Stuff . . .

Got wood shavings spread over entire blueberry patch.

Got the Sweet Peas planted.

Made the decision to plant all the potatoes in the pumpkin patch this year.

Started more seedlings inside.

Planted out two raised beds.

Did some tilling around the field garden and pumpkin patch to knock back sod that was trying to creep in.

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Raised Bed #3 has been planted out to our first crop of lettuce with a few rows of Swiss chard and spinach interspersed.  Come on, salad greens, we're hungry for a good home grown tossed salad!

Raised Bed #6 has been planted out with alternating rows of scallions, radishes and kohlrabi.

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I haven't even covered the raised beds with cold frames since it's stopped freezing at night (at least for the time being), no sprouts are up yet to be damaged (obviously), and I wanted the forecasted rain on the seeds in the newly planted beds.

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All we've gotten in the way of moisture was a little over night (the deck was wet first thing this morning) and then about 10 minutes of light rain before noon.

The day felt very cold, gray and damp and the sun did not choose to shine on northern Minnesota at all today.  But our temp now at nearly 9:30 is still 40 degrees and I have windows and doors open because some dummy (that would be me) over-fired the wood stove after dinner and it's HOT in here.  I find it's difficult to heat with wood in the "shoulder seasons" as the house either feels a titch on the chilly side or you stoke the fire for 20 below . . . as I apparently did tonight.