We started our seeds back at the end of March. It’s fun to see the change as the little buds grow every day. There’s something magical about the new life.
It has me thinking back over the past several years. Our first garden was a bust. Scott built a raised bed. We put it close to our deck where the sun would shine. We didn’t want to put it too far out because of where we lived. It was on a slight hill, and the soil washed out with the rain. One carrot grew. I successfully had a TON of weeds growing.
Then, we had containers. We grew a lot of tomatoes, peppers, and herbs. I was pleasantly surprised by how well the veggies and herbs grew in pots.
Last year was the most exciting yet. We put almost all of our plants in the ground. Our garden wasn’t as successful as we had hoped, but it was still great. Scott and I learned a lot. We got to eat some green beans before the pests got to them and ruined them all. Our carrots were puny. But, we had a lot of tomatoes and jalapenos. Our cauliflower grew huge leaves, but no actual vegetable. Some hits. Some misses.
We are expanding this year. We bought two 4X4 raised beds, and will probably do some containers along with them. I’m hoping to get my white sweet potato to sprout so that I can plant those since I can’t seem to find seeds. We have a big flat of onions growing. We’re trying our hand at some new veggies this year, along with the usual.
Hopefully, in the summer, we will have a wonderful bounty of delicious veggies. This is my goal. Reality may be very different. It’s late May, and we still don’t have anything in the ground. Our seedlings aren’t growing as much as expected with the weather getting so cold still. It’s been storming and raining like crazy. Every warm day, I put the seedlings outside in the sun. (They will forever stay outside after a huge bug came in with them last night. barf.) They grow a lot with the hot sunshine, so it needs to stay!
I fear that the moment we put anything in the ground, everything will get washed out. I feel for our farmers this year! I am praying that the weather levels out some, and we can get down to business!
