it snowed this morning but you'd never know it now...which means it must be getting later in march and that is time to plant spring wheat...
the spuds and mashua i planted in these half barrels last season did not do well so i switched gears putting an onion in one last fall...and since puddles ( you can see some of her garland stil in the first barrel )cohabited with onions so well i decided that here was where the first spring wheat was going in...
so i worked the soil with a cultivator...
broadcast einkorn in one...
emmer in the other and raked both sets of seed in to a shallow depth...now we wait for a week or so and se what ( if anything ) pops up...
the winter grains would seem to have weathered the cold alright...
the reye does seem to be filling in...
a bit more robustly than the wheat...we will withhold judgement until the season is a bit farther along as to yield however...
the rye is still exhibiting some melt water from this morning's snow...
around the yard, the new yorkers have not been inactive all winter but are looking even more lively...berries in three months...
the buds on the seedless grapes are becoming more pronounced...hopefully we will see grapes in six months or so...
as spring nears i am finding more aerial bulbs from the egyptian walking onions digging in...
to go with the ones i have been looking in on all winter...all from the same parent plant i believe given their proximity to one another
and, as another sure sign of approaching spring, daffodils are popping up in their traditional location pout by the east beds in the yard...ruffeley (!) yellow blooms soon enough.
Enjoy hearing about what you're growing. Plan on starting a small garden within the week.
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