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Post  OhioGardener 3/1/2023, 6:26 pm

Started preparing for spring planting today.  Prepped two sections of a raised bed for planting in a couple weeks. Refreshed the soil mix with some coarse vermiculite to add to the 5-year-old mixture, and added some compost.


This section of the bed will be planted with spring (green) onions in about 2 weeks. N&C Midwest: March & April 2023 Raisd_10


The section in the front of the bed will be planted with Kale and Swiss Chard in about 3 weeks. N&C Midwest: March & April 2023 Raisd_11

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Post  OhioGardener 3/4/2023, 3:02 pm

The tree trimmer dropped of 10 yards of wood chips, so I started refreshing the chips around the raised beds. The original chips had composted down so much that the soil was showing through them, so it is in need of some more chips.  I got about 1/4th of the new chips down before it started raining yesterday.
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Post  nrstooge 3/4/2023, 5:49 pm

Beautiful pics - now as for me.. I've got peppers/eggplants up.. lettuce/greens/herbs are up, and just seeded the tomatoes - and I'm out of room under the lights.  

Looking forward to spring and moving things to the patio containers.
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Post  Scorpio Rising 3/5/2023, 6:33 pm

Still planning here, need to clean out a couple beds and do a refresh.  Will be ready to put in some spinaches and radishes in a couple weeks.  Also will be time then to start my flowers!  Nasturtiums, marigolds for sure.  Will be interesting to see if the fall planted bulbs come up, I hope so!
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Post  OhioGardener 3/6/2023, 4:22 pm

Removed the straw from the two beds at the arbor so that the sun can start warming the soil for planting the Sugar Peas in a couple weeks.

Also finished spreading the load of wood chips around the beds. Need another load of 10 or 15 yards of chips to finish upgrading the beds for the summer. N&C Midwest: March & April 2023 New_wo10

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Post  OhioGardener 3/16/2023, 4:16 pm

Spring can't be too far off, the Daffodils and Hyacinths are blooming.
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Post  OhioGardener 3/20/2023, 4:26 pm

Since today is the first day of Spring, and since it was such a beautiful warm day, I decided to remove the winter straw mulch from the raised beds to the compost bin so that the sun can start warming the soil in the beds for beginning to plant in a couple weeks. 

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Post  danieggert 3/20/2023, 4:31 pm

I am so jealous of  some of the better weather that is somewhere in the Midwest.  Not by me,   It's cold here near Chicago.

I tried to turn my newly created compost pile today and its still frozen.  Yuk.

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Post  Scorpio Rising 3/21/2023, 10:17 pm

danieggert wrote:I am so jealous of  some of the better weather that is somewhere in the Midwest.  Not by me,   It's cold here near Chicago.

I tried to turn my newly created compost pile today and its still frozen.  Yuk.

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Don’t despair!  Glad to meet ya!  Spring is a capricious friend.  We cannot get too crazy!  Plenty of time to grow.  

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