There is not much growing outside here yet. The rhubarb is all up, and I fertilized it with composted chicken manure, and have watered it twice. Today it is snowing! We call it poor man's fertilizer as old timers say snow brings down more nitrogen than rain. Yes, it's Easter Sunday and it snowed! Garlic which was planted in the fall of 2013 and appeared to have frozen over the winter, was neglected last summer (hot and dry), showed up this spring! I have been digging, dividing and replanting it since it was tough enough to survive all of that. There won't be much size to it by harvest time this summer, but I will dry it in a dark shed, select the largest cloves and replant them in the fall. As my neighbor pointed out, that is what happened when people discovered wild garlic growing somewhere and worked to domesticate it.
Tomatoes, cabbage, broccoli and several varieties of lettuce are just starting to pop up in 4 packs in the greenhouse. I will be starting some beets, chard, etc in the garden in a few days. So far there is no sign of the asparagus. Plenty of time for that though, and after I weed the patch I will experiment by putting wall-o-waters around the plants to keep the tender tips from being frosted before I even know they are above ground. There is so much to do in the spring! I'm just happy to be able to do some of it.
