The ground was still a wee bit wet this morning when I snapped a few pictures of our garden, and by the looks of the sky right now we might get a little more rain here in a bit. But I’m not complaining {not today anyways} because we finally have some GREEN in those garden boxes!!
The carrots we started in early winter are on the right and if you squint real hard you can see some carrot seedlings popping up on the left. We planted those a few weeks ago.
Snap peas, radishes and broccoli.
I think Lucy the puggle trouble may have stepped in my row of perfectly aligned radish seeds. Now the question is, should I try and fix them? 😉 
Leeks and cabbage plants on the left, and oodles of garlic plants on the right. Have you tried garlic scape pesto? It’s the best! Elephant garlic is in the center.
Ahh the lasagna garden.  I am sill undecided about this area. Should I plant a little of everything? A pumpkin patch? Sunflowers? Decisions decisions. 
Poppies and rhubarb. One of our 5 rhubarb plants is beginning to flower already. Sheesh! 
The greenhouse is bursting with lettuce. I plan on continuing to grow lettuce in the tubs until the weather warms up. I’ll try and remember to get some close up pics later this week. 
Check out all those shasta daisies coming back to life near the old stump. This is one of my favorite areas in the garden to watch every year. As for that giant patch of dirt… I’m still undecided about what I’m going to do with that area this year.
And guess who finally cleaned up the raspberry patch? 😉 I still need to get the poles lined up and hammered in to the ground but the hard part is done.
Sweet diggity! Gardening season has finally arrived. 🙂
~Mavis
This years garden is being sponsored by the folks at Botanical Interests Seed Company. You can check out their website HERE, order their new 2014 Garden Seed Catalog HERE.
Heidi P says
My rhubarb plants are doing the seam thing. Is there anything that should be done with the flowers? Cut them off? Mine have only been in the ground since about this time last year so I’ve never cut anything off of them.
Cecily says
Yes, cut off the flower stalk and give the plant a moderate feeding with well composted manure or a balanced fertilizer. Rhubarb plants are heavy feeders that benefit from an application of manure when the leaves first appear in spring. Keep cutting off any other flower stalks as soon as they appear. Valentine or Canada Red are varieties that are less likely to bolt so you might want to try planting one of those. Hope this helps.
Karen at A Glimpse Into My Reveries says
My rhubarb plants were at their best when I dumped all the rabbit poo or ‘smart pills’ (my Dad’s old saying, put one in your mouth and you’ll be smart enough next time to know they are poo!) onto their dormant crowns all winter! Stalks 3-4″ in diameter without woodiness and leaves that were bigger than my girlfriend! I have a picture of her standing up behind a leaf, all you can see is her hand on the stalk and her ankles and sneakers!
Karen at A Glimpse Into My Reveries says
Sure wish I still had rabbits! My whole yard and garden was better when we had them!
Mavis Butterfield says
Smart pills. Hilarious!
Mavis Butterfield says
When my plants flowered last year I just left them that way. I’ll have to ask my buddy Ryan.
PattyB says
I had some very established rhubarb and on e day I noticed the flower stalks too. My neighbor said to cut them off or it would kill the plant. That wasn’t entirely true. It will diminish the amount of stalks you get this season. Here is a great site to go to, all about rhubarb.
http://www.rhubarbinfo.com/seedpods
Michelle says
Sunflowers in the back, pumpkins in the front. 🙂
Mavis Butterfield says
Thanks Figgy!
Wynne says
Everything looks great–especially the raspberry patch. I hope you will plant an asparagus patch and more fruit, maybe blueberries, Nanking cherry, and currants. And would you ever try mushrooms?
Karen at A Glimpse Into My Reveries says
I am jealous of all your space to garden and your soil! We live on hard pan clay that sucks the life out of practically everything put into the ground! If it weren’t for the beautiful raised beds my hubby built around the perimeter of your yard, my garden would be limited to quack grass and horsetail ferns!!
I live vicariously through your inspiring posts! Keep up the good work!