Monthly Archives: April 2025

Too Much Rain, More of the Garden Planted

There has been way too much rain in the garden over the past 3 weeks or so, but the weather has been somewhat drier and warmer over the last week. Since the last blog post I was able to plant out into the garden 52 lettuce seedlings on April 13th (which is about 10 days later than I like), seed Green Arrow peas on April 14th, plant Red Norland seed potatoes on April 16th, and plant out into the garden broccoli, cabbage, and kohlrabi seedlings on April 17th. I was also able to finally side dress my onion transplants with organic fertilizer on April 17th as well. In addition, I potted up my pepper and tomato seedlings into larger pots on April 18th. Harvesting has continued on the over-winter lettuce with a few more harvests to go before it is through. The harvest from the the over-winter lettuce this year has been really good. The top-setting onions continue to grow, so harvest on these (for green onions) will probably start in about another week. The early spring planted radishes are starting to get bigger, so harvest on those will also probably start in another week. The peas have just started to emerge from the soil over the last day or so. Here’s hoping that the drier and warmer weather continues. Please enjoy the few pics of the garden below.

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Over-Wintered Sierra Lettuce with Some Spring Planted Onions and Radishes, Picture Taken 4/23/25
Recently Transplanted Lettuce Seedlings, Picture Taken 4/23/25
Starting Top Right Clockwise: Over-Wintered Top Setting Onions, Spring Planted Candy and Red Candy Apple Onions, and Spring Planted Lettuce Seedlings, Picture Taken 4/23/25

Onions Planted, More Seeds Started, First Harvest of the Season

The garden has been keeping me busy over the last several weeks. I was able to plant 175 onion transplants into the garden on March 18th (Candy and Red Candy Apple). These onions are doing well and are starting to get some new green growth. They will need some side dressing of fertilizer soon. All of the warm season seeds of tomatoes and peppers have been started indoors and all have now been moved to the cold frame. The spring planted lettuce seedlings growing in the cold frame are still a little small to be planted out into the garden, but hopefully they will be transplanted out in about another week to ten days. Harvest started today on the over-wintered Sierra lettuce!! I will keep these plants covered for about another three weeks or so. The over-wintered top setting onions are growing well and are getting some good green top growth. I will be planting pea seeds out in the garden in about another week, weather permitting. The Red Norland potatoes will not be planted until the second or third week of April.

Over-Wintered Lettuce (Sierra) Awaiting the First Spring Harvest, Picture Taken 4-1-25
Fall Planted Top-Setting Onions (Left) and Recently Transplanted Onions (Right), Picture Taken 4-1-25
A View Inside the Cold Frame, Picture Taken 4-1-25