We’re halfway through potting up all the plants we’ve overwintered, but are looking at temps below freezing for the next two nights. Today will be about getting covers ready for everything and setting up ambient warmth for several of our plants that are currently flowering. On my way home from a doctor’s appointment, I stopped to pick up a cutting of a curly willow (Salix matsudana) from a woman in town whose tree was damaged in a recent snow storm.
This one cutting was turned into a dozen after I got home. I’ve planted out three or four and the remaining sections were loosely bundled and placed into our five gallon bucket with several other varieties of willow we’re rooting in water.
What’s growing on with you all?
Oh my! Unexpected frost is the last thing you want. I’m glad you’re prepared though, seems like those plants are in good hands!
I just finished planting a bunch of melons and amaranth yesterday. This year, I’m intent on harvesting amaranth seeds and doing my best to make some edible bread out of the flour! We’ll see how it goes. We don’t have the biggest garden this year, but we have enough to keep us busy. Been fun, so far!
Being busy having fun in the garden is one of the best feelings in the world! We have some crimson amaranth that we’ve let self seed as forage for our birds - the flowers are amazing and it’s fun watching the flock work for the seeds but I may have to allocate some for bread. I hope their flowers fill you with joy and the bread fills you with yum!