Got almost all the planting done last Friday. Put in the last of the cotton seeds today and also started the jalapeños. The four girls are in Northern lights green crack and one special one from my plantsman

I got potatoes in, the asparagus in, lettuce is in as well as marigolds, snow peas and the Arctic kiwis. Had a major thunderstorm on the weekend so everything got a major natural watering.

Cold and rainy today.

Did a great job in the garden yesterday.

Put in the new Apple tree on the north wall of number 12, moved the pear whip from the veg bed to the fence between us and Brian in the rear of #14.

Got the fingering potatoes in from Vesey’s Asparagus and acanthus were planted earlier in the week. Planted the goji berries and the new female seabuckthorn in the fruiting hedge on #14. The kiwi are in, two female and a male. Had to really dig through the hops roots. It has taken really well, I’m a little afraid. Reseeded half the lawn and spread around eight bags of horse manure from Liz. Also mixed peat moss in with the top soil Kevin dropped off, so have a few bags of potting soil ready

Used the Alfalfa Gold from Whiffletree in all the planting holes this time.

Have more than 30 daffodils up and another dozen still to open. Julie’s magnolia is in full flower and just starting to lose petals. Ferns are up, about a foot close to the house, as small as 4 inches elsewhere.

The columnar apples that I just put in pots in the ground 2 years ago have buds on every spur, conversely almost nothing on the six in the yard. Go figure.