After the exhausting fiasco last year- fighting with 2 jordfresere (both of which broke) over 6 weeks to prepare the soil of less than half the garden- we decided to simply hire someone with a tractor to help! Turning the soil across the entire garden took him just 2 hours, leaving me with the time and energy to create what will hopefully be a much better garden this year.
The garden on May 2nd, shortly before the tractor arrived
The garden, after just 1 hour of plowing
Plowing complete!
9 days later: 650 asterix, 850 mandel, and 185 celandine potatoes planted, 750 onions planted, plus julesalat, jordskokk, beets, and lettuce. We also purchased a second load of hestemøkk.
3 days later, May 15: 950 Lady Clair potatoes laid and ready to cover with halm, and the greenhouse will be covered after we prepare the soil inside.
May 18: The greenhouse is ready to cover and a lot of work has been done to level the ground and spread manure throughout the garden
May 23: Many varieties of sprouted kål have been planted, plus sprouted squash, pumpkin and melon, and the greenhouse is covered and filled with tomatoes, cucumbers, and beans. Beets, beans, peas, lettuces, grønnkål, parsnips, spinach, mangold, and turnips are sown throughout. The onions are growing nicely, and the first sowing of lettuces, carrots, and beets are well on their way. One last empty corner of the garden and one more squash bed await my attention.
Normally it is chaos indoors this time of year, as potted plants fill every window and table, waiting to be replanted outside. This year though, I have skipped starting my plants indoors, for various reasons. Spent to see the difference in growth between transplanted plants (what I am used to) and seeds sown directly!
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