Well, we have had a week, you all! We went from double digit, short sleeve days, back to full on winter. On Monday, I was out edging my garden beds in a t-shirt, by Friday we were back to winter coats. Check on your prairie friends, you guys, we are not okay, lol.
Next week will be back to t-shirt weather though, gardens nicely watered (hah) and I will finally get my onions, peas, sweet peas, and spinach planted out.
I have flowers coming in 1.5 weeks, so am working on filling the pots with fresh potting soil. I use a blend of 5 parts good quality potting soil (Sunshine#4 or ProMix HP) and add two to three parts compost or bagged manure (chicken, sheep, steer). Mix those up well and fill your pots and hanging baskets.
This will feed your plants nicely to start, but you will need to fertilise every week or two in summer to keep them blooming and thriving.
- Onion Companion Plants: Best Plants to Grow with Onions
- Lupine Flowers: Planting, Growing, and Caring for Lupines
- Dreamy Color Planting Palettes for a Modern Garden – My garden is cool tones, all in purples, pinks, and whites.
This Week’s Potager Garden Inspiration
- RHS Hampton Court Palace | Capture Memorable Moments – these are lovely garden and greenhouse photos. You should check out her Insta, too.
- Edible-garden specialist Alison Jenkins abundant Somerset smallholding | House & Garden
- How to Give Your New Backyard ‘Instant History’ – 6 Ideas to Transform Your Patio into an English Countryside Escape
- It All Starts with Soil: Healthy Soil Means Healthy Plants
- Earth Day Garden Jobs: 6 Quick Ways To Help Nature (helpful tips even after Earth Day has passed)
- How to Keep Deer Out of the Garden
- Mimic Natural Habitats to Support Wildlife
Recipes & Foodie Ideas
The Best Ice Cream Bar Ideas – This would be a lovely idea for a birthday party or other family get together… assuming we ever get summer ; )
- Old-Fashioned Lemon Sugar Cookies Recipe (With Video)
- Holy Cow Cake Recipe
- Rhubarb Coffee Cake – Rhubarb anything is amazing, right?
- Sourdough Chocolate Chip Cookies
- Lemon Cake Recipe (With Video and Step-by-Step)
- Apple-Cider Donut Cake Recipe (With Video)
- Rhubarb Traybake Tart recipe – This recipe uses grams instead of cups, as most European recipes do. That makes it more precise… I added it as it looks so very good, and we all have a food scale nowadays, right? Either for baking, sourdough recipes, or weighing food…
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The Marigold Potager - A Zone 3 Prairie Garden 
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