Here’s what’s been happening in the garden and yard in January, February & March:

• I cleaned out all of last years garden debris and pulled any posts or trellises.
• Raspberries & Boysenberries– I got them all weeded, transplanted canes back into the bed, secured the support posts & wires, fertilized, and mulched. Ready to go for the season!

The garden in March.

• I pruned the lilacs and a few syringa and service berry bushes. I put cut branches into a rooting solution & planted 85 starts up on the hillside as an experiment to see if they will root. I may have missed the window of dormancy with the early spring, but it’s worth a shot.

My garden helper.

• I raked out the back flower bed (which I call Grama’s garden because many of the bulbs came from my Grama Day’s garden) & took down the temporary chicken fencing. I put fencing up for several years to give the plants a better chance of becoming established. With chickens roaming around this can be a real challenge.

One of Grama Day’s Peonies I transplanted & haven’t seen bloom yet.

Here’s what we’ve been eating from the garden in January, February & March:

• We’re actually still eating a lot of fresh veggies from the garden. I’m digging carrots & beets every few weeks and have a good supply of bunching onions, leeks, Swiss chard, kale, collards, cilantro, parsley & other herbs like sage, oregano, mint, and thyme. The chives are just starting to poke out of their winter blanket.

Carrot and beet harvest in January.