From: dan@djph.net   
      
   On 2023-04-12, songbird wrote:   
   > Dan Purgert wrote:   
   >> With the weather being warm enough that the weeds are starting to come   
   >> in (and some onion-looking things that were planted by the previous   
   >> owner), decided to take the past weekend and dig out the first two of   
   >> this year's planned three experimental vegetable beds, and plant some   
   >> onion sets, garlic, and potatoes; which should all be hardy enough to   
   >> survive any of this year's remaining frosts (SHOULD).   
   >   
   >   garlic is up and growing here along with many of the onion   
   > species.   
      
   Yeah, the couple of onions / garlic bulbs that already had shoots coming   
   out seem to have taken a liking to the dirt, and I have 2 or 3 popping   
   up through the mulch.   
      
   >> Also planted a few containers with beans and peas, because I can move   
   >> those inside at night, and let everything stay warm.  Not sure how bad   
   >> of an idea it is; but they're container varieties, so we'll see.   
   >>   
   >> [...]   
   >   all pretty much what i would do here, but i don't do too   
   > much container gardening.   
      
   I wasn't too keen on the idea, but I already had the containers from a   
   try last year at making the back deck look a little less barren.  Didn't   
   work out, as the pots ended up looking a bit like islands out there ...   
      
   >   
   >   i won't be putting any peas in for another week or two   
   > and some potentially sacrificial beans (because i have   
   > several gallons of seeds of those so if i lose a row or   
   > two it isn't a huge problem).   
   >   
   >   
   >> It's not quite "edible", but I've also got plans for a few flower   
   >> gardens around the property to make things look ever so slightly better.   
   >   
   >  :)   
   >   
   >   early spring flowers are nice to have in, some daffodils and   
   > hyacinths are out, the earliest irises are up and mostly gone   
   > and some of the other earliest flowers.   
      
   Yeah, soon as I get the seed, I'm gonna be sowing the flowers in a   
   rather dilapidated-looking bed on the side of the house. Found a local   
   company that sells a mix of shade-tolerant (thriving?) annuals and   
   perennials that're supposed to attract butterflies and other   
   pollinators, so hopefully it works out well.   
      
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