I planted my seed potatoes today into some 15 gallon reusable hydrofram planting pots that I ordered from Amazon. I picked up the organic seed potatoes at my local garden center and planted 3 varieties: Dark Red Norland, Rose Finn Apple fingerlings and Kennebec. I used 5 bags of local organic compost to fill the pots and my kids laid out the potatoes with their “eyes” up. We’re all excited to see what harvest time will bring!
I also spent about two hours organizing my “nursery” area. Most gardeners have an area where old pots and new plants hang out and mine was out of control. It’s also near the entrance to my garden and I wasn’t happy with the way it looked. Messy and junky. Well, I organized, consolidated and made room for a new woodland garden in an area next to my house that was definitely not attractive. The trash cans and compost bins need to stay, but I arranged the new plantings I purchased for this area and think I have a good way to screen the bins from view with a leyland cypress that I will try to prune and keep under control. I have also been collecting stumps from the woods near my house and figure I’ll pick up a couple more into and around which I can tuck ferns, small conifers and oregon grape.
A friend of mine also let me have quite a large quantity of rocks that she dug from her garden over the course of last year. I filled up my SUV once and figure I still have another load to go. I’m using the rocks around my pond and some planting beds to keep things tidy. I’ve also been on a cairn kick, but more on that another day.
Oh, and I should mention that today was the first day in like a week that it didn’t snow. Though it must have snowed overnight as there was a dusting coating everything this morning. It’s been a very cool spring with typical pacific northwest unsettled spring air. Rain, hail and snow fall frequently and it tends to be very grey.