2023-03-28: And Now It's Here

Tuesday, March 28, 2023

High: 59.5
Low: 46.4
Cloudy, slight drizzle

Observations
  • Goumi berry flowers smell divine
  • Pear flowers smell like fish
  • Leafing out on the raspberries, even the newly planted ones
Tasks
  • Moved the fig cuttings that were in the greenhouse to the crawl space.
  • Put leaf compost on the orchard plants. Still need to do this for the plants in the front yard.
  • Connected the "indoor" sensor, which is now in the greenhouse
Ideas
  • Reconsidering my investment in figs. I think I want to get rid of a lot of them and focus on ~10 varieties to plant in the ground. I can protect 10 trees each year, but I don't want to do much more than that. Maybe 10 in-ground and 10 in containers. I don't know. I'm at that phase where I have a bunch of young plants. Maybe I just keep them in the crawl space until the last frost is over. The greenhouse is great for getting a head start, but if they get a head start then temperatures drop down to the 40s, that head start actually hurts the tree for the rest of the season. Once I get the in-ground trees established it's going to be awesome. Would I like a jacket if it's freezing outside? Yes. God provides warmth. Let me provide that to the trees that need it.
  • Tomorrow's TODO:
    • Get a carload of compost
    • Prepare holes for the incoming pawpaw trees
    • Plant trees in the front yard
    • Mow/weed whack (if it's not too wet)
    • Spray veggie beds with BT











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