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Update on the Garden
January in Raleigh is so strange. We’ve had icy snow, and we’ve had 70 degree days. I’d like to think it’s good for the soul to have days in the middle of winter where you can work outside in short sleeves. The only drawback is that it’s temping to plant too early. Our average last frost is April 4 or April 11, depending on which source you look at, so we are still a good 10 weeks of being able to safely move seedlings outside into the vegetable garden. I’ve been gathering supplies, sorting seeds, and seeing what I have from last years trays that’s not cracked. My seed packets…
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Upcycled String Trellis
Even after I’ve planted my veggies beds to full capacity, there’s always one more packet of seeds I’m drying to make room for. Yesterday it was the handful of French Climbing Beans I saved from my vines last year. They didn’t grow well because the Purple Hyacinth Beans and Turkey Craw Beans choked them out. So instead of eating the few beans that grew, I let them dry on the vines to save for this season. Because these can be trained up a trellis, I decided to plant them at the fence behind the potatoes and corn, where the beds are too deep to reach. I mounted a rooster weather…
