Originally I was only going to have a wee little garden, with maybe 4 or 6 different vegetables and herbs. Joseph is going to build me some raised garden boxes so that I can plant all my stuff without tilling up the yard. That way if we move, the grass will still be relatively all right looking. I will plant a few flowerbeds, and some of the vegetables that like to spread out a lot (like pumpkins) I'll just plant near the house. They'll look like regular greenery until the very end anyway. Anything I don't have space for, I will plant over at my mom & dad's house.
We found these neat little peat pods that are great for starting seeds without all the fuss of dirt in the house. They come in little flat discs and then after adding water, they swell up to about 1 1/2" thick. They have a little hole in the center all ready for seeds. You just poke in your seeds, cover them up, put the plastic lid on top and your garden is on its way!
Of course once I discovered how easy this was going to be, I got completely carried away with how much I planted. At this rate, we'll need a field to hold all of our plants this summer. However, since I don't have a lot of faith in my gardening abilities, planting 12 of each item doesn't seem so bad; probably only half will actually grow. Sigh.
So here's our garden for this year.
On the left there are Garlic Chives, Sweet Basil, Parsley, New Zealand Spinach, Garden Beans, and Sugar/Pie Pumpkins. On the right there are Sugar Baby Watermelons and lots of Lobelia and Alyssum (flowers). The bottom picture is White Onion, Sugar Snap Peas, Sage, Corn, Tomato and Oregano.
Did I go a little overboard? Oh yes.
3 comments:
Looking great! Good idea on getting started early.. I always over plant, some plants always struggle for some reason. Loving the labels!
New Zeland Spinach? They have more than sheep there?
You write very well.
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