After what I like to refer to as "the longest winter known to man" it's time to enjoy those beautiful spring days.
Last Tuesday I was able to get my garden planted after a couple days without rain. I've got a feeling I may have timed my planting perfectly again this year. Want to know why?
This is why...
...everything is sprouting!!
Literally, everything I planted is popping through the dirt. The photos are from planting last week and when I checked it all out last night. Only 6 days after putting it in the ground! In case you can't tell I'm totally fascinated and amazed that this can happen in under a week. I'm also super excited for the produce to come.
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| Gunnar "helping" me plant corn last week. That's potatoes to the left. May 14th. |
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| Planting the Peaches and Cream sweet corn. Last Tuesday, May 14th. |
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| Onions on the left followed by 3 rows of potatoes. Next to the potatoes are two rows of corn. Photo taken last Tuesday right after the corn was planted. May 14th |
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| The corn sprouting last night! May 20th. |
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| Strawberries that were planted last year and will produce this year. You need to pick the blooms off the first year so that they will grow and produce a lot the second year. May 20th. |
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| The onions have more than doubled in size since last week. May 20th. |
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| Cant' remember what this is...cantaloupe maybe? |
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| Potatoes last night after doubling in size since last week. These are the same ones Gunnar was sitting next to in the photo above. May 20th. |
Please ignore the weeds, it's been to wet the last couple days to weed and they sort of multiply when they get rain.
There is lots of other stuff I have planted but haven't posted photos of yet. Including 10 tomato plants, 2 pepper plants, a jalepeno plant and a serrano pepper plant, lettuce, spinach, zucchini, squash, and pumpkins. Plus a few herbs like cilantro which is great for salsa.
My husband loves spicy and so I hope to be making him lots of spicy salsa, with all those peppers, later on this summer.
If you have any gardening questions feel free to let me know. This is only my second year with my "own" garden but my mom has had one my whole life. I have/had grandparents with Green Thumbs on both sides of the family so I'm hoping I got lucky and got the thumb and not just beginners luck last year.
Add one more thing to the list of things you know how to do! Your gonna have enough to start your own farmer's market! :)
ReplyDeleteHaha I don't know that I will have that much produce:) I did have enough tomatoes last summer to can tons of salsa. Hoping to have a bunch again this year!
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