Your 2026 Garden

[Debbie292d]

The daffodils are up, not yet blooming. And my day lilies are sprouting.

But my daffodils have leaves!

We won't see a stem of anything for at LEAST a month. The ground is still frozen solid. It's been 40F during the day, but still below freezing every night. It's a good thing they don't sprout even if they could, as they'd just be freezing every night.

 

[jxp]

Soil temp is 54°-59°F at 4"down to 24". Perfect for tree planting.

I found a nicely symmetrical Contender peach tree with a strong leader, good branching, and no signs of bug infestation, damage, or disease which I didn't know I needed until I saw it waiting patiently for me at the local big box store. It was off the truck just 3 days and we'd had a good rain the day before.

I picked up some worm castings to add into the native soil along with finished compost and and a little coir. In the end it wasn't needed judging by the number of fat juicy worms I found for my happy fluffy helpers.