We finally had a nice weather weekend that allowed us to get into the garden to work the soil. As our seedlings continue to grow indoors, we need to get the soil ready for planting. For the warmer weather crops like tomatoes and squash, we will need to wait until May for planting. There is still a chance for frost in Central Virginia until about the first of May.
We decided to do away with our raised beds this year. The wood that we made the boxes out of several years ago started to rot. We removed the wood and tilled the top soil into one big plot. But that’s not all we need to do. Soil testing is important to know what nutrients need to be added to the soil. We are currently running the soil tests (as I type!) and the results will determine what type of fertilizer we need to incorporate.
Even though I don’t know the soil test results yet, I couldn’t resist planting a few cooler weather crops. Along the edges of the garden plot I planted some onions, sugar snap peas, lettuce, swiss chard, spinach and beets. If we do need to add fertilizer, it should be easy to do since I planted around the edges today. I am trying purple potatoes in a container and red potatoes on the outskirts of the garden. The red seed potatoes came from the potatoes we stored for the winter. Some of them started sprouting in our basement so hubby tilled up a small plot and through them in the dirt! We will see how well they do- no money lost if they don’t produce.
How is your garden growing? Are you planting yet?
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