Today we started our indoor seeds. Two weeks behind last year, but the snow really put a damper on our gardening spirits.
We planted: canning/cutting tomatoes, Roma tomatoes (for sauces), yellow pear tomatoes, hot pepper mix, jalapenos, sweet peppers, cauliflower, marigolds, impatiens, and snapdragons.
My sister provided us with two light fixtures and I filled them with grow-light bulbs in preparation of the new sprouts. Can’t wait to give it a try!
Today I picked over 40 squash from the garden. That’s just insanity. Reminder to ourselves for next year: we don’t need this much winter squash.
I have to admit it is fun to give them away, and they do store a long time in the garage, but still. Craziness.
Our crop of wax beans has done remarkably well this year! These should definitely last us through the winter and I imagine next winter as well. haha!
I wish our green beans would be of this same abundance and quality, but I can’t seem to find a variety as nice as these. We’ll try a different one next year.
Just had to take a moment to say we’re loving our bountiful spinach harvest! We planted our crop on April 3rd and it’s doing very well. Yum, yum!
Bunnies. We absolutely hate them when they’re destroying the fruits of our hard labor, but you just gotta love the babies! I found three little ones hiding in our radishes this morning. Ryan gently relocated them to behind the shed. We’ll see in a month or two if we’ll be wishing we had killed them instead.
Today we placed the bean and pea fencing in the garden in a fresh position for a new year. We chose the northeast corner.
I planted one row of peas, as part of a staggered planting schedule. I also managed to plant 200 onions – half yellow, half red. Very good progress!
As a final preparation for tilling, Ryan finished loading the garden with compost over the weekend while I was away.
Today we rented a small tiller and tilled the entire garden. You’ll see in the photo that we also picked up another truckload of compost and added it to the new garden section/addition. (Along with picking up a few bonfire logs, which Ryan can’t resist.)
We are now tracking almost three weeks ahead of last year! It’s fun to watch the robins swarm the freshly turned garden dirt for bugs and worms.
Today I planted the herb seeds indoors: Basil, Cilantro, Dill, Lavender, and Parsley. I also planted Moonflower seeds and started the Morning Glory seeds soaking.
Turned over enough garden space today to plant the lettuce, spinach, and radishes for the early season. Can’t wait to see the first green sprouts!
Here are a few links I’d like to share that I found today.
The first one is about saving your own vegetable seeds from year to year, for so many good reasons: http://planetgreen.discovery.com/home-garden/save-seeds-garden.html
And this one, how to make your own seed pots, which I learned can be made from old phone books (which we never use anyway). I’m going to give this a try and return the seed-starting tray I just bought while it’s still in the wrapper! http://herbgardens.about.com/od/herbalcraftsandgifts/ht/MYOSeedpot.htm
