Almost everything us sown and planted and coming up fine. This crop circle is watered, weeded, cultivated and covered too. There is more to be done in the others, but it’s quite early still. I seem to be on top of all the chores for once (if I don’t think about it too much).
Have a good Midsummer Nights Dream!
Or rather exploded. It’s been warm off and on since february, but last week was wintery – grey, cold and windy. Today it’s like a summer day, as was yesterday and probably 10 days on. And inspiring early garden activity. Like opening up the rest huts.
Planting trees and bushes like this grape plant.
And start more cabbages, lettuce and herbs.
I also tilled the crop circle where the students had spread compost, made a couple beds where I set onions, and carrots.
And set a row of Timo potatoes as the sun was getting low. 
It’s quite early for here and I may have to cover for later frost, but it’s worth a try.
The crop circles have each gotten a big dose of compost. It’s time to start the garden.
I got the tiller out and tilled the center of the first vegetable garden. The ground seemed dry on the surface, but was still quite soggy a few centimeters down, so I only did a little. Casting up raised beds was a bit heavy, but I made 8 and sowed seed in four.
I put in the usual first starters – onion sets, carrots, turnips, parsley, spinach and cilantro. Starting early before the dirt warms up and dries out properly gives almost always poor results, but I couldn’t hold myself.
Last year I started even earlier because the weather was so nice, then it went into freezing mode for a week. It all turned out OK, but later sowing was better. This year the prognosis looks like warm weather for the next 10 days and nights.
I couldn’t wait. I started spreading the compost.
The first crop circle is done.
And the second one started.
Now I wonder if I should get the rototiller out and start tilling it in. And perhaps even make a couple of raised beds and plant some seeds. It IS a bit early and early sowing almost never fares well.
The crop circles are pretty well filled out now, except for a few beds saved for later.
The season for weeding has now started.
More rain and warmer nights. It’s a hectic time now to get everything planted out.
Tomatoes and peppers potted
The earlier stuff is looking good too.
A few days ago a project group from Uppsala University came out to take part of some spring activities in the garden.
In spite of the less than conducive weather, we got a lot done, like getting the pumpkin patch ready – harvesting some winter survivors, weeding, spreading compost and tilling.
We also started a new compost pile in the empty space.
In the other crop circles we planted potatoes and made raised beds into which we put in leeks and onions and carrot seeds.
A little bit of everything.
And here’s their video
The compost is out on 3 of the 4 crop circles.
One more pile for the pumpkin patch can go out later in may.
Then there are 4 piles left to ferment for another year. And now a new one is started. I’ll make 4 during this season – 1 for each of the crop circles 2 years from now.
Spring planting and sowing is done. All the crop circles are filled to the wedge edges. And it is raining (so no market today).
Out to the edges
I’m trying some pumpkins in the green house construction site this year.
Even the hedges and trees and bushes are getting a weeding.
Now summer is here! (in my terms). There are a few plants left to find places, mulching and weeding to do. And I’ve planted 2 new flats of lettuces and herbs to plant out for later for a later harvest.
10 mm of timely rain extends my watering effort from a few days ago.
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