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Sweet Pea Trench Part 2 and Raspberries

I finished the Sweet Pea trench today - bought some Triple Mix from C.T. and mixed with the existing soil and it seems to be pretty good. I had some left over stones so I kind of made an extension of the corner bed so it's connected now. I have to level out a few more stones, but I think I'm going to like it. I'll soak the Sweet Pea and Snow Pea seeds tonight and plant them tomorrow. The snow peas will go in the corner bed. Originally I was going to put some stakes so they can climb, but I'm thinking of just putting them along the fence similar to the Sweet Peas. I can use the inside area for something else then.

I also pruned my raspberries - I never really know what I'm doing, so I just cut down the old canes from last year, and cleaned up around them, as it's getting really cluttered with dead leaves and also pretty weedy. Last year I thought the raspberries didn't do very well, but now I'm starting to think that they are just migrating. There are a ton of suckers popping up in my perenial garden (great) and behind the fence (ok) but less so in the actual raspberry bed. I think I may have to do some cutting down of suckers - I'll read more and do more this week, but for now the bed looks tons better (see pile of old canes in the foreground).

One funny thing - for some reason I hate working with gloves in the garden. FYI - not a good idea when pruning raspberries - I always forget.... check it out - OUCH!!

So my plan for the week is to get the Sweet Peas in the ground and maybe transplant some perenials from the front bed to the back bed, and put that's Monk's Hood from my mom in the front in their place. I'll do some research on the best time for transplanting perenials, but I think it's now. Maybe a bit more work with the Raspberries if I can figure out what they want from me.

posted by The Sauce at 2:45 PM