Sunday Bits #22 (potatoes, carrots,tulips, amaranth,spring and Easter)
- themarigoldgc
- Mar 26, 2023
- 3 min read
You guys! I am so excited that it is felling like spring around here. I know the weather is still going to be up and down for weeks yet, but am enjoying the melt, can see most of the patio, can sit on the deck soaking up the Vitamin D and watch the water running.
Do you have shady areas in your yard but not sure what to grow there? Are you, like me, trying to use as much of your yard for growing food as you possibly can? Check out this post for all the tips on what to grow where.
I am so excited to have a shady area in this new yard so I can grow things like lettuces and brassicas longer in the year before they bolt!
Here are some lovely ideas for upping your landscape game. I like the lighting idea, I really need to figure out the best lighting instead of just putting sting lights everywhere ;) Though, I bet we end up with string lights, just like last time, hahaha!
How to grow tulips and what are the best kind to grow? I love them all but tend to prefer simple ones over fancy newbies, but gotta admit, like the look of parrots.
For growing in the yard, I like the short little species ones as they naturalise, Darwins next best for their longevity, but my favourites to grow are Mentons for both colour (apricot/pink) and height!
Growing potatoes, lots of great information, including how to choose what varieties to grow. My favourites are Norland, Bananas (fingerlings), and Sieglinde but I also like Russets.
Having a hard time growing carrots? Read this article about how to grow great carrots.
Do you have problems with cabbage moths? Here are two articles, this one, and this one, on what to do about that. I will be talking a lot more about companion planting over the next month or two.
This easy to do before and after of a regular backyard shed, from tired looking to wow! Truly easy to do and made such a huge difference.
Garden chores list for the month of March, or probably April for those of us here on the prairies ; )
All these ideas for what to dehydrate! I have decided that i will be drying a whole lots of things this year, such a great way to store fruits and foods for long storage. Great for snacking and baking, so many ideas that I see here, I just have to remember them all!
ALL these Easter ideas! Check them out to get your creative juices flowing.
We should have the reno completed some time this week so will have some semblance of order for Easter but no time to go all out with the decor this year. I did make this lovely wreath for the front door though!
It cost me just $8.40 to make with dollar store flowers as I already had the grapevine wreath. Will hang it up out front as soon as the contractors leave the house so I can start cleaning and organising. Till then, all the fun things live in my office with me ; )
Make this Moss Wreath. Or, this lovely floral spring themed wreath that takes just 15 minutes to make. This is where I got the inspo for mine.
This one is just for us dreamers. What a wonderful property, the things I could do there! That conservatory!
Want to grow your own grain? Read this article about Amaranth. Grown previously as an ornamental mostly but the grains are edible! Gluten free and high in protein.
I love amaranth, though I've always grown it as an ornamental, thus far anyways. In my wee Garden Shop bed above, I thought all the amaranth were the same, but you can see as they started to grow, that one of the six packs was actually Hot Biscuits, an upright gold hued one, rather than the cascading Coral Fountain I thought it was. Turned out great. looks intentional as the uprights were in the back, trailing ones in front :)
Ps, there are dwarf dahlias under the amaranth but the amaranth were really thriving in the drought, such a hot and dry summer in 2021. The dahlias are called Venti Passion Fruit, and are a lovely pink with peach undertones. Absolutely love and highly recommend this dahlia! I eventually harvested the amaranth and gave it all to my friends' chickens to eat, while I enjoyed the rest of the summer with my dahlias.
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