Normally I put my garden in on Memorial Day weekend, but since we were out of town this year, things worked out a little differently than normal.
Instead of clearing out my garden in a weekend, it took me a couple of weeks. I worked just a few hours at a time every day. As you can see, the weeds had lots of time to take over my garden! I also had to clear out a lot of the newspaper from the lasagna garden I did in the fall. |
I had a rather large garbage pile by the time I was through cleaning up! |
On a slight tangent, our wild berries are now starting to develop! I’m hoping we’ll be able to harvest some this year. |
Finally! All cleaned out! And plants in it to boot. |
In one of my beds I have a Sweet 100 tomato plant, a chocolate cherry tomato plant, a beefsteak tomato plant, basil, lettuce, and cucumbers which were companion planted with radishes. |
In another raised bed I am growing cabbage, collards, spinach, Jalapeno peppers, Bell peppers, zucchini and nasturtiums. In the fall I will plant mustard greens and kale. |
In my third raised bed, I’m growing cantaloupe, nasturtiums, and summer squash. In the path to the right, I have some marigolds sprouting. |
My dianthus has come back from last year as well. We haven’t tried eating any of the blooms yet, but it at least brightens up the garden! |
I also have lots of zinnias coming up from the seeds I saved from last year. I look forward to having lots of fresh-cut bouquets in a few months! |
My herb collection has grown a lot over the past couple of years! From Left to Right: thyme (my seeds didn’t grow so I bought a plant which I will pot soon), sweet mint, chocolate mint, parsley (didn’t work), oregano, chives, 2 pots of catnip, cilantro, and spearmint (also didn’t sprout.) I also have our salsa pot from Keeper’s Coop, and a pot of rosemary seeds. |
I ended up buying thyme (back left), spearmint (front left), and rosemary (front right) since my seeds didn’t work out. I also bought a lemon balm plant (back right) which smells delightful! |
So far I’ve harvested lettuce and herbs. *What’s growing in your garden? Have you harvested anything yet? I’d love to know!*
I planted some dill, and it has sprouted. We have tomatoes, cucumbers, melons, zucchini and beans in our garden. I also have herbs in pots.
ReplyDeleteIt sounds like you have a nice sized garden at the Cookie house, Amy! Maybe sometime this summer we can stop by and see your garden in person.
ReplyDelete~Bianca