Well, it’s time to dust off the garden tools. It may not look like spring outside my door, but it will be here any day now. 😉
We still have a wee bit of snow on the ground, but that’s not stopping me! Yesterday I pulled out my bin full of seed packets and got to work selecting the first of this year’s seeds I’ll be planting.
Soon. 😉 Just as soon as the snow melts, that is.
I was looking at some of my garden photos from last spring and about this time last year I was in the kitchen planting cabbage, broccoli, onions and leeks.
The onions and leeks {and cabbage too} did really well last year in the front garden so I think I’ll plant a combined row of them again this year. Copenhagen market cabbage is my favorite one to plant as the heads are always nice and big.
In the next week or two I’ll also directly sow a few packets of radishes and peas as well. Spring radishes are the best in my opinion and always so much more flavorful than anything you could ever buy in the store.
I’d also really like to make good use of my flower pots this year. I’ll probably start off with some lettuce seeds and then switch to some annual flowers once the temperatures rise and growing lettuce in pots becomes a little more challenging.
I’m excited! Every year is different when it comes to gardening. There are always so many new ideas I want to try, new varieties I want to grow and plants/vegetables I didn’t even know I wanted to grow until I’ve walked past them at the garden center. 😉
Have YOU started anything yet this year? Will you be trying any new varieties this year? I’d love to know. I’m always on the hunt for something new.
~Mavis
Lynne says
Mavis, how big of a garden will you have this year? Your kitchen garden is big by my standards, but you had some massive space in a field last year. I remember that the weather problems messed that up, but wonder if you are having the HH till that over and maybe trying again. Your garden is my vicarious “gardening fix” and I am so looking forward to see what you do this year.
Mavis Butterfield says
The plan so far is just the kitchen garden and pots. We’ll see though. You never know.
Patty says
I am going to try a small cucumber
called cucamelon this year. They look like a little watermelon but have the taste of a cucumber with a little citrus.
Mavis Butterfield says
Those are super fun to grow!!!
Rosemary says
I have finished planting my garden. The seeds that I planted several weeks ago have come up and some are several inches tall already (cucumber, corn, green beans, pumpkin and watermelon). I finished transplanting the veggie plants that I bought (beefsteak tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, eggplant and bell peppers), along with a bunch of onion bulbs. I have also sprouted potatoes and got them planted as well. The lettuce that was planted several weeks ago in the raised planter (red leaf lettuce, kale and romaine) is all doing well, and I am hoping to start harvesting some of it soon. Marigolds are planted all over the garden to deter aphids and I also have herbs (thyme, oregano, sage, basil, lavender) planted around the garden to deter specific insects. Since we can’t control the weather, I am praying that all goes well as this is the largest garden that I have planted in a long time.
Sheila says
Peas, chives, varied lettuces, beets and carrots are coming along nicely so far. This next week I’ll be adding in tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, beans, zucchini, yellow squash, watermelon, and cantaloupe into the square-foot garden. But the herbs are by far my favorite: rosemary, sage, oregano, thyme, basil, mint. ❤️
Angelia Johnson says
I just got a larger greenhouse. We just built it and installing two 15 feet planters in it. I am starting an all year round greenhouse garden. It is 8x 16. We are putting the 2×15 vego planters together this weekend. I can’t wait to plant it out. Soon..Can’t wait to see yours..
JulieP says
We are still in Spain but I’ve planted mixed lettuce in water bottles 8litre ones cutting a third off lengthwise, three of those. I’ve started peppers and a growing basil. Just can’t wait to get home now. My daughter has started tomatoes, cucumbers and chillies at home. The potatoes are chitting in egg trays on my kitchen table. It will be full on at the end of April. The frosts should be gone by the end of May so then climbing French beans, maybe runner beans, butternut squash and who knows what else. So exciting!
Sue says
In previous years, I grew sugar snaps in the tall urns on my front porch just for the greenery and salad contributions. But this year I want fragrance and color, so I planted sweet peas. I have pyramid obelisks centered in the urns for them to climb on. I hope it’s beautiful.
Sue says
Mavis, I’m very surprised your terra cotta markers survive the Maine winters!
If I leave anything terra cotta outdoors in the winter (Zone 6b), it will be a broken, crumbly mess come spring.