Salford/Advent Garden Update, April 25

​Greetings fellow gardeners, If you wondered if spring was here,  last week and this week was classic spring weather. Hot one day only to have a freeze the next day, with a little rain thrown in there too.  So far most of our plants have made through the changes. Most not all. A few have passed on but that is gardening. Last Saturday we planted 50 lbs. of Yukon Gold seed potatoes and 50 lbs. of Norland Red seed potatoes. We found room for 1,300 onion plants. These were planted in plastic that we laid down by hand. 120 lettuce plants and 2 more flats of cabbage. The cabbage was what I started in my basement.  These did not fare so well this past week. This Saturday we will plant another 30 lbs. of seed potatoes. This brand is Lehigh, developed by the University of Lehigh right here in PA.  They are 110 to 120 days to harvest. The other 2 types are 90 and 100 days to harvest.  We will cover our red beets with netting. I am hoping this will discourage the deer. The deer really like our red beets, we shall see if this works. Our resident bluebird house has a nest with 3 eggs so far. The female Bluebird will lay 1 egg a day from 3 to 5 total before she sits down and starts to incubate them. Then it is 12 to 14 days before they hatch. Really nice to see them around the garden.  Thank you to everyone who helped out this past week. Steve, [email protected] 215-872-6616