One of the first signs of spring in the garden is asparagus. Ours has now sprouted and we'll have the first spear of it tonight with dinner! It is really exciting for me since last year (it's first year in the ground) we had to watch it sprout and not eat any of it. The good news is that it should do increasingly well for the next 10 or so years now.
I've also enlisted the help of my gardening sidekick to build a super cool trellis that I found in Organic Gardening magazine. After I get the snap peas in the ground, we'll add more twine so that they have lines to climb up.
In other parts of the yard the wildflowers are taking turns being pretty. Here are phlox and wild bleeding heart. Before much longer the columbine and indigo will be blooming.
Beth, I planted sugar snap peas in the fall and they're just starting to produce. Do you know how long they'll continue and should I set up something for them to climb?
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Hey Erin/David- I just now saw that you posted a comment- sorry! If I remember correctly, mine produced for a few weeks and then it got too hot for them. So I'm not sure how long yours will go if they're already producing (if the limiting factor is temp or time).
ReplyDeleteYou should give them something to climb so that they can spread out and get some sun.
(This is Beth:)