The weather's been nice for the past couple of days, so, on Tim's advice, I started clearing out the pots from last year. I got a couple pots cleaned out and the dirt dumped into my new dirt bin.
I was pretty sure my Spearmint was dead. I brought in a bunch of plants over the winter and one of them had an infestation of gnat like bugs that spread to 3 or 4 others, and I had to put them back out in the snow to try to keep my remaining plants from being attacked. The spearmint was one that went outside. When I pulled out the plant, I found a pretty healthy root system and new growth, leaves and all on the underside of the plant. I'm guessing it was growing out the drainage holes, but I didn't notice it when I pulled the plant. I'm still worried about bugs and the top half of the root system is shot. I may separate the bad out and try to coax the plant back to health. I also discovered it needs a bigger pot.
All this potting work would be a lot easier and more comfortable if I had a potting bench. Right now, we're looking at building this one: http://www.familyhandyman.com/DIY-Projects/Indoor-Projects/Hallway/Benches/how-to-build-a-cedar-potting-bench/Step-By-Step. If we do it, it will be pine instead of cedar, for two reasons. One: Cedar is really expensive. And two: Cedar dimensional lumber is really hard to find. And for those of you out there who will be helpful and link me to cedar dimensional lumber, please see reason one.
I left a pot of woolly thyme in my greenhouse and forgot about over the winter. Surprisingly it's doing very well. Unfortunately I didn't realize that woolly thyme is not an edible thyme when I purchased it, so I'm really not sure what I should do with it. It's a full sun ground cover plant, and I don't really have any place for it.
I also need to make repairs to my greenhouse cover. The seam ripped free this winter along the zipper. The zipper is intact, but the side wall is no longer attached to the zipper. If anyone has any clever ideas beyond tape and hope, I'd love to hear them.
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What kind of pots do you use for your spring/summer garden? Just the plastic pots, or did you go whole hog and buy the nice terracotta pots? I want to put out some green peppers, and tomatoes (maybe some cucs) this summer on my back hillside, and was going to do it in pots, but wasnt sure what to use. Also, do you add fertilizer thru the growing season, or just plant and let it go after the initial fertilizing?
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