They say March Winds bring April Showers

But we’ve already had a hell of a lot of showers in February and into the beginning of March – I’m hoping March Showers are going to bring April Sunshine and a yard full of flowers and budding vegetables! I’m planning to plant some herbs – Basil, Thyme, Cilantro, Parsley, maybe some Dill? My silly broccoli is getting taller but not bigger, I’ve started some new. My carrots are finally turning into carrots, which is exciting – and I think I want to try squash again. Hopefully the snails will leave my garden alone this year, I’m going to put out some beer, I hear through the grapevine that snails get into it and can’t get out. I just have to not tell my neighbor what it is, he’d probably try to drink it.

The house has gotten a facelift – first of all, the outside walls had a bath. Thank you Steve! He also shampooed the carpet, bought me a new gas stove, installed a gently-used washer and dryer (hurray for laundry done at home!!!), did a crapton of garden prep, hedge trimming, and laying down of grass sod. All in all, it’s looking pretty damn good. Feels good, too. Aaron comes to visit for a week soon, which I can’t wait for – I’m going to take a couple days off and hopefully the weather will be nice and we’ll get out and do some things we haven’t done on previous trips.

Definitely looking forward to spring this year! It promises to be a good one.

Winter gardening is slow gardening

Last October or so I decided it would be a brilliant idea to plant some “winter vegetables.” I read some seed packages, and decided on broccoli and carrots. 4 months later, the carrots need thinning if they’re ever going to become carrots – maybe I’ll think to do that this weekend!

Baby BroccoliThe brocolli has me all excited – this morning I noticed something new – actual broccoli! I think I’ll transplant them into the actual ground soon. Then maybe they’ll really grow!

Soon I’ll be planting herbs, I hope – planning on Thyme, Oregano, Basil, not sure what else. I love Spring! I love that it feels like Spring in February!

Planted my first vegetables!

I’ve always wanted to be able to garden, but until now I’ve never lived somewhere where I had the option. So, brilliant as always, in the middle of July I decided to plant vegetables. Good thing the growing season here is pretty long, I suppose!

Garlic & Onions, SpinachFirst, I stuck a couple of cloves of garlic in some dirt. I have no idea if they’re going to grow garlic or if they’re just sprouting. Then I added some green onion seeds to the same container. In the other container, I planted spinach seeds. After the fact, I found out that spinach does better in sandy soil, so these may not work as well as I’d like.

In this bucket, I planted patty pan squash seeds. Once they get a little bigger, I’m going to give away some of the seedlings to my sister & brother-in-law, and some to my next-door neighbor. I wish I had more ground space in which to plant these, but I’m kind of limited.

Green OnionsI planted more green onions in this one. You can never have too many green onions. Delightful in salads, tacos y burritos, scrambled eggs, and so much more.