garden happenings this week

like heather, i like to keep a gardening journal.  it's a practice i started when i first began gardening five years ago (i think i got the idea from you grow girl, which is coincidentally by the same author as grow great grub, which natalie wrote about yesterday).  i'm so glad i got into this habit right away and have stuck with it through the years.  to be honest, i've noticed that my note-taking gets steadily less detailed and more infrequent as the season progresses, but that's okay (for example, last year i noted when the lilac first bloomed in the spring, but neglected to note how many garlic cloves i planted and what types were planted where in the fall, oops!)

anyways, it's been a busy week, so i thought i'd just share some of the happenings from my garden this week:

may 2: radishes are sprouting, and a little bit of the arugula too.  still no carrots though.  the bees came yesterday and the hiving was very successful-can't wait!  must sprout potatoes.

may 8: planted onions-2 containers and some in the ground in between the garlic and arugula.  about 30 yellow onions, i think.  thinned out the radishes.  arugula, lettuce and peas are sprouting, and i think the carrots are finally coming up too.  first farmers market!  i bought some herbs-thyme, rosemary, and sage.  started hardening off seedlings and repotted the tomatoes into bigger pots.  all potatoes were sprouting even though i never took them out of the box.  bought supplies to build potato towers. 

may 11: seedlings have been outside for 3 nights now-still on the porch.  i need to move them into the sun.  thinned arugula and added string to the pea trellises so they can climb.  cut up potatoes this morning, so hopefully i can plant the towers tomorrow.  it's been really hot yesterday and today (almost 90!) and humid and rainy.  bees are doing well- chris came by monday, the queens are alive (with eggs) in both hives.

what's happening in your garden these days?