Here are the current seedlings. Some of the tomatoes, all of the potatoes, a few of the peppers, the marigolds, and early started lettuce are all planted outside. Today I up-potted the seedlings of dwarf tomato varieties and kept a few extras.
All that's left to start are some squash, pumpkins, and cucumbers. If I'm in the mood for it, I might plant some Swiss chard and a few other veggies directly in the garden now, and of course corn and beans in May and June.
It's nice to see that some of the daffodils are still blooming.
Grafts look OK so far. It's early to see much growth, but the buds are swelling. These are the top tiers for the espaliers.
These are the new chestnut grafts.. So far so good.
It's an unusually warm, even hot Spring. Days into the 80s, but nights into high 30s to low 40s. I decided to plant out the rest of the first group of tomato plants. I am covering them on the coldest nights.
No photos of the potatoes. They were from Fedco in Maine. Varieties Algonquin (Early variety), Envol ("The earliest of the early"), Kennebec (my favorite, a very good baker) mid season, and Russet Burbank (Always good) late season.
This is about the earliest that I have planted tomatoes, and the latest I have planted potatoes.
The Clancy potato seedlings have been doing OK. There were some freezes, and there are a few frosted leaves, but they seem to be growing well. I covered them on those freezing nights for protection.
All of the squares are cut now. I started sewing together the nine patches. It will take a while to complete them, and there is no hurry.
This photo is from when I started cutting them. There are now about 49 piles of each color pair, 12 squares per color.
Here are some of the second hand men's shirts that will go into the spare bed quilt. They are shades of blue and grey. I want to add some brown, tan, khaki type colors. A few more should do it. My current thought is either 5 X 5 squares or 5 X 10 squares. Maybe do the latter and if there are not enough, change to 5 X 5.
