Thursday night I remembered I’d started yarrow seedlings and forgotten to plant them. So first thing Friday morning, with 93% humidity, I got them into the bed and the bed remulched.
The chunk of garlic chives I kept
My helper friend was here and he helped me dig up all the big plants and to spread the heavy compost.
Front – back: 10 echinacea, 3 parsley seedlings, oregano, garlic chives, perennial onions, marjoram, yarrow
We got all the plants moved and into the ground. Both of us were more than done with working in the humidity, so we quit. I plan to get this bed mulched on Saturday morning.
The cratered Big garden
I’ve offered the garlic chives in the lower right on BuyNothing. There were 3 small echinacea plants left and the chives.
Friday evening I ran the sprinkler for several hours on the new bed as we’ve not had rain for a couple weeks.
Row 2 will have the hoophouse for the ginger, calendula, the chives, hyssop, and a big bed of thyme.
The rest of the plants in the above photo are flowers and belong in flowerbeds that can’t be created until after the siding and gutters are done.
I will get Row 2 planted next then layout the cleared area of the Big garden and get it planted.
Another horse barn offered us loose hay so my husband will be moving that on Saturday morning while it is cool.
Did you grow the Echinacea from seed? I've never got one part the initial seedling stage before.
Yes, all those I transplanted had been grown from seed. I never had much problem growing it. I used organic top quality seed starting mix and peat pots. I think at the time, I used T12 grow lights too.
Hmm, I wonder if the grow lights make the difference. I've always done it outside, where they're a bit more at the mercy of our dry atmosphere.
I can not start much seed outside here, due to the soil being such sandy loam. So almost everything is started inside where I can control the moisture and temperature.