March 2015--first seeds planted, first sprouts up

Planted cabbage yesterday.  Planted early in order for cabbage heads to be ready for SAGE pig roast in August.  So good to have my fingers back in the dirt!  Also planted some parsley since it's a slow starter and some basil for a big pot in the greenhouse this spring just because I can't wait!  

2 days later cabbage has sprouted!

I must admit that somehow I once again stopped blogging at this point until July when I finally downloaded all the photos from the spring and began writing again.  So here goes--5 months of catching up on this blog:

On March 9, I visited the garden--which was snow covered!  

However, on March 13, the snow had melted, and it was a beautiful day to work in the garden.

 Raspberry canes before I cut them down.

 Raspberry patch after I cut fall raspberry canes down--didn't cut the one small clump of summer raspberries.

 Doesn't look very impressive, but I could see garlic sprouts coming up!  Spring surely on the way!

On March 16, I burned the old asparagus stalks.

 And also found several of the perennial herbs poking up---such as these chives.

After 4 inches of snow on March 23, better weather returned and on March 30 the asparagus poked up!

 and the weeds too!

Also moved all the seedling trays which I had planted March 20 into the greenhouse which I had put up March 25.

On March 31, I prepared bed 12 for the peas and lettuce, got out the tools, and pulled off all the old calendula stalks all along the east side of the veggie beds.