Yesterday I cleaned up the front garden. It took me all of 42 seconds. What a strange feeling that was.
What do people do in the spring when they don’t have a giant garden to tend to?
I didn’t need a wheelbarrow, or even a bucket. I held all the dried leaves and spent flowers in one hand, walked to the backyard and tossed them over the fence.
That was it. I haven’t decided if I missed the whole annual clean up task or if I’m actually relieved that I didn’t have to do it.
The HH and I are in garden bed negotiations. Have I mentioned this already? Basically I think we need flower beds on both sides of the long side garden.
He doesn’t think we need any. {Which is ridiculous}.
He also doesn’t think we need to plant anything along the back fence. So basically what this means is he just wants us to have a fence and some grass in the backyard.
How absurd is that?
Yesterday I spent about an hour or so moving the little landscaping flags around trying out different solutions. I still don’t have it figured out yet. All I know is that I want to do some vertical gardening and plant a bunch of stuff in pots.
We were originally thinking we would rip out the wooden platform in front of the garage door and replace it with a large stone {that would sit right in front of the door}.
But now we’re thinking we might just replace the top boards with cedar {the base is in good shape} and stain it to match the deck. What do you think?
Stone or wooden platform?
If we kept the platform I could put some terra cotta pots on the left side and grow some veggies {or flowers} in that spot.
Oh Lucy! She loves laying in the sun!
The peas I started from seed two weeks ago are ready to be hardened off. Yesterday was their first day outside.
Maybe by the weekend I’ll be able to put my garden cart out and offer the extras for sale.
I also dug out the seed starting trays and potting soil again so I could get the tomato seeds planted.
6 varieties of tomatoes should be enough, don’t you think?
I have absolutely NO IDEA where I’m going to put them, or even how many of each will end up in pots or tied up to a trellis, but who needs to worry about that right now.
I figure I’ll use what I can, give some to Kiln Guy and the rest of the tomato plants can go out on the cart and someone else in the neighborhood can grow them.
Have you planted {or bought} your tomatoes yet? How many varieties are you growing this year?
Anyone growing any unusual ones? Curious minds want to know. 🙂
Have a great day everyone.
~Mavis
Katy @Practical Walk says
I’m trying 2 kinds of tomatoes. Hoping they do okay, I’ve got so much to learn about gardening!
Eileen Stewart says
At this point, I have over 500 seedlings of 40 or so different varieties of veggies, flowers, and herbs. Of course, I do intend on selling a lot of those seedlings at the local flea market this Sunday! 😀 But I do have five types of tomato for the home garden – Amish Paste, Roma, Missouri Love Apple, Blushing Pinks and Cherries. Here’s to summer salads!
Lana says
Squirrels will not leave tomatoes alone here no matter what we do. It would be one thing if they took a tomato and ate it but they have to taste all the tomatoes as in pick one take a bite and throw it down and pick another until the plant is bare. The one I would grow is the Cherokee Purple if not for the little buggers. We have gotten them at the farmer’s market and they are divine.
So last summer we found the ‘Tomato Guy’ on Facebook Marketplace. Ten pounds of homegrown tomatoes that he picks when you order them for $8. I don’t think he weighs them nor knows that ten pounds is way less than the twenty big tomatoes he always gives us. Hubby meets him at a gas station about 8 miles from us and we are in tomato heaven. So why grow them and fight the squirrels?
Rosemary says
My garden is all planted. I have 18 tomato plants (beefsteak variety), 16 green beans, 16 corn, 6 bell peppers, 6 eggplant, 36 onions, a bunch of cucumbers, watermelon and pumpkins along with a small bed of wildflowers. All around the garden are marigold plants and mint plants (in planters) to help keep the insects away. I also planted strawberries, but they have not come up. I am thinking of planting something else in their spot. All in all, the garden is doing well and everything is growing.