Its that time again and I have the fever. Literally and figuratively. We were all outside at about 7 am yesterday enjoying hte cool fresh air and digging! We had some beds that needed to be repaired and tilled up. We added some organic matter and we put up a chicken wire fence as a doggie deterent. Nora is not sure about being blocked off from half of the yard but I'm hoping with a little training she can learn to stay out of hte beds and on the path, until we can find time to do that, we have a fence there. The picture on the top left are some of the early spring veggies we put in. Everyone helped with planting (their favorite thing). They like to water because I gave them a spray bottle. Its very gentle on newly planted carrot seeds. The picture on the bottom left is a $40 rose plant. The garden center lady was a very good sales person. She said this rose (called a double knockout) will bloom until November with huge red blossoms. She also said they are idiot proof (this was a good selling point). Hopefully, with a little bit of care we will have big red blossoms all summer. There is no fragrance, which was disappointing but I'll take the flowers. We have a schedule lined up until the end of March to do things alittle at a time. Hopefully, this year will be an improvement over last. It seems as the kids get older and we get more experience, it gets easier. I love to be out there, I love the smells and the feeling of accomplishment. If nothing else we'll have onions out the wazoo because that's what I planted the most of.
List of things planted: onions, swiss chard, parsley, rhubarb, peas (snap and pod) lettuce, carrots (little baby finger ones, so cute)
One the list for this month: strawberries, more lettuce, broccoli, spinach and more parsley and carrots, radishes
For March: Tomatoes (beautiful heirloom varieties in purple and green stripes), cucumbers, corn, pumpkins, bush and pole beans, and whatever else I see that catches my eye. We would like to work on putting in some more permanent plantings as well, expanding the butterfly garden, which has been moved and adding more medicinal herbs. After saying all that it doesn't sound like I'm moving any time soon.
