On March 10, we had a very nice spring day so I took advantage to tidy up out in the garden and greenhouse. I removed dead plants, trimmed back the herbs, pruned the fruit trees slightly, and weeded in the greenhouse. I filled several buckets with material for the compost pile. I enjoyed being able to spend time outside without wearing a jacket since the greenhouse was about 80 degrees.

The greenhouse growing spaces needed a good clean up, lots of dead plants and weed. The actual walls and roof will probably need to be power washed this spring to clear off some algae and allow better sun exposure.

After I had cleared out the right hand side, I left a couple of kale plants along with the sage and parsley. The thyme plant was massively overgrown down near the end, so it got a significant trim. Chives are starting to regrow in the pot.

Fresh growth on the in-ground chives too.

The lefthand side of the greenhouse floor, which is under shelves, was full of weeds. Took a while to clear it out, I also had to trim back a messy oregano plant that had gone to seed last fall.

Much better! Will probably need another round of weeding before I plant anything, but at least this cut down on the weeds significantly.

I also checked on the garden and spotted a few garlic shoots coming through the mulch, two of the poppies I planted in the fall have fresh leaves, and a couple of the herb plants have tiny new shoots. I think the rose bushes survived. I removed some dead plants from the raised beds and pruned the lavender, sage, coreopsis, and lemon balm. I spotted some chamomile seedlings too. The apple and pear trees are looking good, still partially wrapped in bubble wrap and burlap. I pruned the tips off of the tallest two, to encourage them to put out more branches and fill in better. Spring is on the way.

I found a baby carrot among all the weeds in the greenhouse!