Here goes nothing!

I remember when my kids were little we used to plant peas and all kinds of fun to eat things .. as they got older it became harder and harder to keep up and honestly gardening is not something I’m passionate about.  With the recent Coronavirus and subsequent quarantine I was cleaning up my back room and found a bunch of old seeds.  I thought to myself..what the heck! ... so 2 days ago I began a little garden of my own... green peppers, cucumbers and of course jack o lantern pumpkins 🎃.... let’s hope something grows.. I always say the only thing I can grow well is children ❤️...Tricia

We did clean up the yard a few days ago too.  I planted some wildflowers in my planters but it’s been freezing here at night so who knows!

And we cleaned up my flowerbeds and my dads peonies are still alive! That at least is something! Right?!!

Coronavirus Victory Garden at Camp Crain 2020

This is Snowshoe Inn today.   Still winter here

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In the heated greenhouse you can see micro greens on bench potatoes  chitting  on floor in trays, and other tender plants I have been overwintering

Trays on bench with micro greens and baby greens.

April 2nd 2020.  It is still very cold here at Snowshoe Inn.  Temperature this morning was 13 degrees F.  Forecast high is 36 degrees F.  Not very spring like but winter does not give up with out a good fight here.  In my heated greenhouse I have been overwintering my tender perennials and citrus trees.  The citrus trees started dropping leaves in January.   In Late February and early March new leaves began to appear.  Today I gave the citrus trees and my potted blueberry plants their first shot of fertilizer.  Also today I cut my seed potatoes and set them out in trays to cheat them.  If soil warms enough I hope to plant my first crop of potatoes in a month.  Then I will plant my second crop of potatoes a month after that.  We are planning on heading out to Upper Klamath Lake Monday for five days of isolation from caroniavirus and do some canoeing.  We are at the end of the spring water fowl migration.  I hope we can see some birds on the water.   On or about the middle of April I will begin succession sowing of my spring and summer crops in heated greenhouse.  I have redesigned garden and will have raised bed to help organize plantings.  I hope to be better organized this coming growing season.  Feel free to follow along with this blog this summer..