"GOLDEN GAITS GARDEN"
WELLINGTON, COLORADO
We began our garden and duck-raising experiences at our first home together in Wellington, CO. We were married in 2008 and the garden began in 2009. Our first ducks arrived in 2011.
At that time our garden and duck experiences were outlined in our blogspot blog, Golden Gaits Garden. That blog has been discontinued and the posts regarding the garden are now archived here. The information regarding ducks can be accessed in our Ducks pages.
Note: Some (or all?) photos may be missing, or photo placement may be strange due to the import process. I’m working on that.
Weather and Misc
WEATHER: We’ve had some very nice, warm weather, then a few cold days with a lot of rain, then more very nice weather. For the next few days it will be cooler with the possibility of rain off and on, but not freezing. There is still that chance, of course.
Snowy
This weekend we had hoped to get the beds ready for the plants that can be planted before the last frost date, kale, broccoli, endive, lettuce, spinach, asparagas, & artichokes. However, it was cold and yucky, and we decided we will need more topsoil to complete the project. It’s a
Rethinking: Soil & Garden Planning
We are rethinking our garden, and making some changes to our plans. We are finding that we will need a lot more material to amend our soil, and have decided to purchase some topsoil to add to our sheet mulching process. It is not cheap. We’ve also been thinking that
Topsoil
We’ve ordered some topsoil, to arrive tomorrow. We plan to add it to the goat manure, peat, & old hay we’ve got to create our beds for planting. It’s kind of sad to give up some of our plans, but good. We need to cut back. For the most part,
Rain, Rain, Rain
I suppose for a gardener rain should be good. And it is. It’s nice to see so much green out the window, and driving past fields of green everywhere is a treat. But, the past few days it has been frustrating. We had intended to get beds ready to plant
Peas, Please!
Our first seeds have been sown outdoors! Today we finally got Tier #1 ready to plant and put in some of the pea seeds, along with a few rutabegas. According to my research, they grow well together. In a couple of weeks I will add cucmbers to this section. I
Asparagas and Cats
Yesterday we finished preparing the asparagas bed, and got the crowns planted. I also put out the parsley that’s been growing indoors, and just a few of the calendula. It’s nice to see a little bit of green out there! Tim has been working on the steps that will descend
Temporary “Greenhouse”
We’ve been taking some of the plants outside daily to “harden” them before putting them in the garden, but it is often VERY windy and they’ve been blown over and damaged in the wind. Also, some nights are borderline warm enough for the tomatoes. We’ve created a temporary greenhouse
Broccoli, Kale, Lettuce, Spinach & More
Today we got most of Tier Four started and planted. There’s still a section unfinished, but that will come later. In part of it I was able to plant my lettuce, spinach, endive and some seeds for more of the same. In the other section there is the broccoli, kale,
Big Day!
Officially, the last average frost date is something like May 10th, but apparently many people around here consider it to be more like the 15th. At any rate, we’ve been plodding along doing what we can between bad weather days earlier in the month, and getting all the supplies we