Outside Stuff

Eventually, I am going to have to take this whole gardening situation outside.  I have a lot of nice ideas, but as I'm getting closer to when I need to actually do it, it is sounding like a lot of work.

Vegetables and Stuff

• I was thinking I wanted to move all the soil from the tomato side of the bed, so that the tomatoes won't be growing in the same soil and building up wilt.  But I'm not sure I have to, and honestly I don't think I'm going to actually do it.  It sounds like a lot of work.  The tomatoes I am going to put in there are Brandy Boy, and Sun Gold.  Brandy Boy says it has disease resistance, and the reviews seem to confirm that.  And Sun Gold is a cherry tomato, and you can't hurt those.  So all I am going to do is buy a bunch of potting soil and dump it on top.  
• Once I've prepared the bed, I will transplant all that lovely Kale.  By then, the Romaine may be big enough to transplant.  And I just started some Bok Choy today, and they grow so fast they might be ready to transplant in 2 weeks.  Then the bed is full, nothing to do but watch it grow me some nice vegetables.  
• I also want to start some peas.  I guess I can do that whenever I want.  
• I threw some seeds in the Gutter Garden a few weeks ago when it was warm, but I don't see anything yet.  So I guess I need to re-sow that.  The radish seeds I put in the window box are doing great, I just need to go out and thin it down.  

Bigger Stuff

• First I should clean out all the dead crap and leaves and garbage and stuff.  I'm really hoping the landscaping people actually cut back the Liriope and the grass, because I just don't think I am capable.  Probably want to pull out some weeds too.  
• Gotta prune the roses.  That's not going to be fun, because of thorns and shit.  I guess I can do that now, because they do have new growth.  But I really don't feel like it right now.  
• Take down the goddamn Christmas stuff!  Oh my god, it's March.  This is embarrassing.  
• Stir up the compost.  I was hoping it would be farther along than this, but it is getting warmer, so that should help, and I'm adding coffee grounds.  I am hopeful that the compost will finish within like, 2 months.  That way I can add it to the raised bed before I put in the tomatoes, as I'm getting going with summer flowers and stuff.  
• All of the other leaves and brush and stuff, I will pack in to that trash can thing.  And hopefully, the compost in the tumbler now will be finished, and I can move all the other crap into the tumbler and try to get it to compost over the summer.  

Of course none of this got done this weekend.  Next weekend looks ok.   And now it's raining so I have an excuse.  

So hopefully in the next week or two I will have the raised bed filled with the greens, and the smaller bed sown with some peas.  And it won't be until early to mid May that I can put in the tomatoes and green beans.  Yeah so that means I have to keep these poor tomatoes going for another 2 months.... well, that's why you are not supposed to start them in January.  I might need to pot them up into something bigger.  I hope I have to do that, right, I hope I end up with a lot of roots since they got like, 4 months to get started.  

And I think I want to space them a little farther apart than I did last year.  So instead of 2 feet per plant, like 2 1/2?  That's going to be most of the bed.  And that's fine, I don't really want to grow much else in there, just a few Swiss Chard and some Parsley.  And the Chives have already come back, so that's awesome.  And of course I'll put some Basil in between the tomatoes.  

In the smaller bed, I'll replace the peas with green beans.  And hopefully the strawberries come back ok and maybe I'll even get some strawberries this year.