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Peas, potatoes & onions, oh my

By Luci Beachdell | Saturday, March 20, 2010, 08:00 AM

The other day I mentioned that you still have time to start your seeds. But if that didn’t scratch your gardening itch, it’s time to get outside and plant cool weather crops! Oh, you lucky ones of the raised beds who do not have to wait for soil dry enough to till - and don’t have to worry about soil so wet that your seeds will rot! Go, go to your gardens with all seed packets containing the phrase “plant outside early spring, as soon as soil can be worked”, and plant those seeds/starts! (Of course you should design your garden first, so you know what goes where and when you expect to harvest, and if you’ll be replacing it with something else later, and so you’re rotating your crops, etc.)

Those things you can plant NOW (if your soil’s ready & dry enough!) include:

Onions. Sow seed 1/2 inch deep or sets 1-2 inches deep with about three-inches between plants

Peas. Sow seed about 1 inch deep and two inches apart. (If, amazingly, you have sandy soil around here, sow seeds 1.5 inches deep.)

Potatoes. Buy these if you like, so you know what variety & pest/disease resistance they have. Or, if you want to take the risk, cut sprouted potatoes (like the ones in the hanging basket in my kitchen) and cut them in half or quarters, depending on their size, making sure each chunk has one good bud or eye. For more detail on what to do next, take a look at what OSU Extension has to say. For a slightly different approach, read about planting potatoes in Mother Earth News.

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