by Noel | Apr 29, 2025 | CobraHead, Gardening, Growing Peas, Vegetable Growing
The peas were planted three weeks ago on April 12th. Spring peas are an important and reliable crop in our garden. I try to plant them early, when the chance of another killer freeze is minimal. I make ten trellises using T-posts and landscape fence. The trellises are windproof. The peas get plenty of sunshine and they are easy to harvest between the rows. This trellis is made with 7 ½ foot T-posts and 3-foot-wide landscape fence cut to five-foot lengths. The...
by Judy | Apr 29, 2025 | CobraHead
Spring is always a fun time of the year after a dreary cold winter. Snowdrops start the season off followed by the crocuses. The blue scilla are everywhere in the lawn and the tulips are budding out. But my favorite part is looking for the edibles such as ramps, spring onions, chives, nettles, baby mustard (self-seeded from last fall), asparagus and whatever else I can find. This year Noel picked the first of our ramps. He started the patch in our woods about...
by Anneliese | Apr 27, 2025 | CobraHead
We’ve posted a lot about vegetable growing here, but in recent years, we’ve added more and more ornamental plants to our growing repertoire. Our latest interest is Dahlias! If you’d like to try them, too, we have a few handy tips, courtesy of our friends at Russells Mills Flower Co. Dahlia Growing Tips: When to plant: Plant after danger of frost and when the soil temp is around 60 degrees. That ranges from mid April to Late May, depending on how...
