Spring -10
Posted on February 24th, 2008 by emilyrhp
| Color | Dates | Color | Dates |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Group | January 18-24 | Green Group | March 1-7 |
| Orange Group | February 1-7 | Blue Group | March 15-21 |
| Yellow Group | February 15-21 | Violet Group | March 29-April 4 |
To Do This Week
| Start Inside | Transplant | Plant Outside |
|---|---|---|
| Broccoli Cabbage Cauliflower Chives* Collard greens Kale Leeks Onions (from seed)* Parsley Rosemary* |
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| *New plant! This was added since the previous week. | ||
Prepare Garden Beds
If you are going to grow peas or onions, and the ground is not frozen, now is the time to prepare your garden beds. You may want to prepare just the spots you will grow these veggies, and do the rest later. That probably depends on how nice the weather is!
About Onions From Seed
Onions can be grown from seeds, sets, or transplants. If you plan to grow onions from seed, now is the time to start! If you have a short growing season, you probably want to purchase plants or sets. For more information about onions, click here.
Happy gardening!
Filed under: Spring Planting Schedule
My mom and grandma both told me that growing broccoli is a nightmare; not because it doesn’t grow well, but because there are a million little bugs living inside it that you don’t see till you start cooking it. IS there something I can do to eliminate this problem? My family lOVES fresh broccoli, so I’d really love to have it growing in our own back yard.
Thanks!
Laura–I didn’t have a lot of problems with broccoli, as far as bugs go. Obviously you can try chemical pesticides–I prefer the ones you can sprinkle in the corners and around the edges so I don’t put any on the food itself. And there are lots of organic solutions, including companion planting. Certain plants help with disease and pests.
After you harvest the broccoli you can soak it in cold salt water. The bugs will come out. I’ve only had those cabbage worms but they come out with the salt water.