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<\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\nMost of them, of course, are just breaking ground and only an inch or two in height. \u00a0 But a few are quite far along. \u00a0Did you check out the little Brussels sprouts just forming in the axils of the leaves? \u00a0The sprouts, cabbages and kale were actually planted last fall and have weathered the winter nicely (under row cover during the coldest parts.) \u00a0 The cold weather actually makes these brassica vegetables even more delicious!<\/p>\n
I’ll be checking for any mildew or bug problems like aphids and flea beetles that are already active and pulling any weeds that are growing alongside the veggies. \u00a0I’ll sprinkle coffee grounds around greens – the little flea beetles don’t like coffee – or maybe they get too much of a caffeine buzz to bother eating the spinach. \u00a0Then I’ll cover them all back up. \u00a0Keeping covers on them protects not only from freezes, but also from emerging bugs and bird damage. \u00a0Last year, much of our cabbage was lost to crows who like those beautiful fresh cabbages as much as we do. \u00a0 \u00a0I’ll be checking back often to be sure there are no problems developing.<\/p>\n
And you’re right. \u00a0I don’t think we’re really done with winter just yet. \u00a0 But I’ve been pleasantly surprised before. \u00a0Like when I checked the blueberries:<\/p>\n
Look closely and you’ll see \u00a0pink flowers edging out from the brown dead-looking buds on the blueberries. \u00a0I guess we’ll have a chance for some sweetness after all! \u00a0 They’ll be tented with row cover before the next cold spell (next week…..)<\/p>\n In the meantime – I’m setting out my transplants of kohlrabi and kale today. \u00a0 They’ll enjoy Saturday’s spring rain.<\/p>\n Hope to see you Saturday at the workshop at Athens Organic. \u00a01:00 pm. \u00a0 We’ll be hands-on with drip irrigation, row cover and pre-sprouting those hard-to-germinate seeds like spinach and beets.<\/p>\n Have a wonderful weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Such a beautiful day for the first day of spring! \u00a070 degrees, calm winds. \u00a0Perfect garden weather! So I had to peek under the row covers to see how the little seeds I planted before…Continue Reading<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-925","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random","odd"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=925"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/925\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=925"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=925"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gopherknoll.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=925"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"IMG_0926\"](\"http:\/\/gopherknoll.wpengine.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/img_0926.jpg?w=570\")
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