Dwarf peach tree March 22. Four nights later we had to cover it when the low hit 19. Last night and tonight are about 33-34, then maybe spring arrives! 62 today, 70's the rest of the week with nights much warmer.
Wendy & Steve came over the 22nd and did several jobs for us, including roto-tilling some of the garden beds. Rita and I hope to plant two 21' rows of Yukon Gold potatoes and two 21" rows of Walla Walla onions Mon or Tues.
I had to order the Walla Walla sets online. All the Lowes, Home Depot, Walmart etc. garden centers carry Bonnie plants and they only stock a generic "sweet" onion. I checked with the manager at our local Mennonite nursery and he had never heard of a Walla Walla. I explained that it was "the Vidalia of the West". It originated on the island of Corsica and was introduced to the Walla Walla Valley in Washington State in 1900; the Vidalia started in Georgia in the 1930's.
Some say that you can't grow WWs this far south, but we had an excellent yield last year, outperforming Candy and Red Granex.
April forecast is mostly 70's with a few 60's and 80's. Lows mostly 40's and 50's with maybe 2 or 3 high 30's. We'll get past this hard winter yet!
It's good to see you getting your gardens ready! They always look so neat and tidy. I have friends in Walla Walla! :)
ReplyDeleteThanks, Alica!
DeleteI always liked Walla Walla. Seemed to be a very nice place to live.
We just picked up our Walla Walla onion starts this weekend and are getting ready to plant potatoes, too, but not in the quantity you are! We are adding more asparagus, too, having picked up 28 roots to plant in the raised beds with our fruit trees.
ReplyDeleteSounds great! We are really looking forward to asparagus soon.
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