I set out my Mason bees today. I put the tubes of bees in a box, with a small hole in it, so they can escape, but won't nest in those tubes again. The lady at Knox Cellars said to put them out when the temperature is reliably above 50 degrees during the week, and it looks like this is the week!!!!














My seedlings are doing quite well. Since it finally warmed up, I decided to plant out the Kale and Broccoli today. They've been out hardening off for a couple of hours each day for several days, so I expect they'll be fine.














Arugula, scallions, cranberries, and sweet alyssum are working well.














My onions have gotten floppy, though - I'm not sure if I should trim them or not.













And finally, my bokashi composter arrived this weekend. I've finally started loading it up! I'll let you know how it goes.














All in all, a good weekend for gardening!

Bokashi composting

Not much going on outdoors, except for more bulbs coming up. My compost bins outdoors are still mostly frozen, so I'm quite overloaded with food scraps. Even the worm bin indoors is full.

I've decided to look into Bokashi composting, another indoor composting system. It seems to have the added benefit of not being susceptible to the stupid fruit flies that have gotten into my worm bin.

If you're interested in learning more, these websites are great:
BokashiCycle
City Farmer
Kitchen Garden Foods

I had a hard time finding a good place to buy from, but I eventually settled on this place as the closest possible place (Missouri):
http://www.midlandprobiotics.com/category_s/245.htm

You can also order from Arkansas:
http://www.promolife.com/yard-and-garden/composters/bokashi-bucket-compost-system/prod_1780.html

And Nevada:
http://www.bokashicycle.com/Merchant/merchant.mvc?Screen=CTGY&Store_Code=BS&Category_Code=PRDS

And Arizona:
http://www.arbico-organics.com/1202401.html

Or even, make your own...
http://www.cityfarmer.org/bokashi.html