First vegetables of the year.

Available at the market this Saturday will be spinach, lettuce, radish, onions and mint (for the start of mojito season).  The first vegetables of the season for Mistik Acres.  We have a good selection of perennials available, tomatoes, peppers and a few annuals.  We have another special this week in the plant department, which is the Crocosmia.  It is an annual grown from a corm, hardy to zone 5, so needs to be treated just like a gladiola corm.  We sell them planted in groups of 3 in a six inch pot.  They have been hardened off to the outdoors, so ready to be planted in the garden, flower beds or in a pot.  This weekend they are $5.00, regular price $7.00.  Below is a picture of the Crocosmia.

We have been busy this week transplanting the annual vegetables and flowers.  Planted about 100 dahlia's, (about another 100 to plant), amaranthus, perennials, lots of sunflowers, onions and more.  Not too much extra time to write this week so will keep the post short.  Hope to see you at the market.

The house is filling up.

We have been planting seeds this past week and they are starting to take over our space in the house. Once the flats are planted they are kept upstairs where it is warm until they germinate. Once they have germinated they go back downstairs and placed under the grow lights. The grow lights are on timers for approximately 16 hours each day. We have planted most of the flowers, including Datura, Rudbeckia, Carnations, Statice and a few trays of peppers.
Just wish the weather was a little warmer.....
Have included a couple of more pictures from our travels this winter.

An oasis in the middle of the desert.

The Rock at Morro Bay, California

Whole lot of plantin' going on...

Wow, we had a busy day yesterday. All day, starting at 6:00am...till late at night, trying to plant as much as we could while the soil was dry enough. Not having to water the plants as you plant them, saves a lot of time. Overnight last night it rained, so they will settle in nicely. Also cloudy days are perfect for transplanting...reduces the stress on the plants, as opposed to planting on a sunny day.
All total we transplanted 140 tomatoes, 110 peppers, 50 dahlias, gladiola's, cosmos, statice, verbena, zinnias, amaranthus, broomcorn, and strawflowers.
The old body is feeling the effects of the day as well.
There is still more flowers, tomatoes, peppers and squash that we have to plant, but will have to wait for the ground to dry up again. We are not attending the farmers market this week Wednesday, as we want to lay mulch, weed, dig canada thistle, and hopefully plant the squash.
The picture I have included today is a Sea Holly plant with a honey bee busy gathering it's food. The honey bee's will be here in large numbers once the lilac's start opening. Will try to get some pictures to post.
Enjoy the rain...till next time.