Getting Ready to Plant

Written 3/13/13

Tomorrow morning is the last predicted freeze between now and March 22. The garden is almost ready for planting

A new bed 2’ wide has been built around 1/3 of the perimeter of the garden with landscape timbers. It still needs to be filled with landscape timbers and dirt. All but 4 of the old beds have been reworked and some of them have been planted with early crops. The kale and mustard have sprouted.

The plants in the greenhouse are either going to have to go in bigger pots or the ground. It is probably too early to plant things like tomatoes and peppers, but the traditional day is Good Friday which is the 29th. Tomorrow after things warm up a little, a few plants will be put outside to harden off. They will be brought in at night. The cilantro and parsley can be planted. One each of tomatoes, peppers, marigold and black peony poppy will be planted this weekend if the 10 day forecast still predicts no freezing.

The marigold can take a light freeze. The others will still be small enough to cover with a 2 liter bottle if a freeze is predicted. Even though it is sad to lose any plant, the greenhouse has more than I will be able to plant or give away.

David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/