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Mar. 16, 2009
Gardening - What Color Is My Thumb??
It is....GREEN! My Wonderful Husband built me gardens. I started with two, but can see I am going to need more. In my heart, I really want to start small, but with nine people to feed I need more produce! What good is a harvest the size of one meal going to do me??
Some of the beds have wood, some do not (No, they are not burial plots, they are gardens!!).
I bought my seed locally this year (locally, at the international garden import center ). I had great goals of buying them online through one of the many heirloom companies, but I realized that I needed to see the seed packets this first year. I bought everything I thought I would need. I limited myself to one packet of each. They can be spread out over the whole year of planting! No wasting of seed here!
To begin, I planted my sugar snap peas and snow peas a month ago. Check them out:
I started my "winter crop" indoors. The winter crop includes: cauliflower, broccoli, Brussel sprouts, cabbage, acorn squash and assorted herbs to plant as companions to help avoid pests. Check out how they are doing:
I also planted artichokes. They are suppose to take a year to get started so I figured I would get a jump on things!
I seeded radishes, lettuces, carrots, beets and kale in the garden. They have already started coming up:
Radishes
Lettuce (I know it is hard to see, but trust me, it is there)
and Kale (isn't it cute?)
Here is the garlic (the onions and shallots are not pictured):
I started asparagus, but they are probably over planted. I am planning on putting tomatoes in there in a couple of months. Might help, but if not I will try again.
I have about 40 strawberry plants in the ground. Those are not looking good. At least I only have about $15 invested in them. They will probably be replaced next Fall. There are six blueberry plants, 2 raspberry, 2 blackberry and 2 grape plants waiting to be planted. I need to get the ground prepared for those and then they will go in.
This is the start. I am so excited that the things I started in the garden are doing so well. The winter crop should go in in a couple of weeks and then I am going to seed more of the root crops to I can harvest longer! In a few weeks, I will start my summer crop indoors. I will keep you posted!!
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