After the week of nice weather, the soil was dry and ready for planting. We transplanted lettuces, kale, batavian endive, and broccoli raab into the coldframe and a short trial of peas along the fence in the ground. It is still very early and we anticipate more cold weather, but we'll continue to succession plant peas along the fence and hope for a successful early crop. The coldframes increase our seedling space and push up by at least a month our production of greens. We planted arugula, spinach and pac choy straight into the coldframe. The other coldframe now houses the onions and celery which are in need of a transplant. The brush and vines in the photo are all that remain of the rotted fence and acacia tree which had grown together over the years and which we cut down before prepping the coldframe.
The view from above on a gorgeous sunny afternoon midweek (its pouring now) showing the garden beds. The pool was located here previously and the soil under the layer of manure is pretty sandy so we'll try to plant root crops for the first few years while we amend the soil.
We caught a break in the rain while we were at Cape Cod and took advantage of the sunshine to visit this cedar swamp in the Marconi Station, part of the National Seashore. It was quiet and still except for the birds and we meandered our way along the boardwalks.
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