Now that I have a yard, I'm going to have a vegetable garden this year! (In containers! In my driveway...taking it slow, haha). I don't know where the sun will be in my backyard (lots of leaf-less trees at the moment), but you can be sure that I will be marking out a spot for a REAL vegetable garden for next year, after I figure out where to put it!
I'm a bit of a procrastinator, mixed in with a bit of what I suspect is adult onset ADD, so I finally ordered seeds last week, and planted them last night. Only about 2 months later than recommended.... we'll see what happens!
Ordering seeds is stressful! There are so, so many choices! I'd never even seen a seed catalog, so I signed up for a bajillion different ones, such as Johnny's, Burpee, Stokes, Cook's Garden, and more! I dog-eared and circled all over each of the catalogs, loving everything, wanting to become a full time farmer. But then the day came when I realized that I needed to choose JUST A FEW, to try this year. I had to cross off many options, including this beauty, because I just had to draw the line somewhere! But it will be on my "short" (actually very long) list for NEXT year!
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| Romanesco Broccoli (image from wikipedia) |
So what did I actually buy? Well...
long skinny green eggplant (on sale!)
Notice I did not buy any basil, chives, oregano, etc. That's because I freaked out and couldn't handle anymore decision making. Also, that's a loooooot of seeds. I'll just buy some already grown this year! I also have already planted some seeds my mom brought me a few weeks ago... spinach, green onions, mammoth sunflowers, and red sunflowers. They're all very happy! I can't wait to plant them outside... this morning (at 6:15) I planted some sweet pea seeds along the fence... I hope the squirrels don't find them!
(Mom's also hooked me up with a threesome of baby blueberry bushes, 2 forsythia bushes, some hollyhocks, dahlias, elephant ear, and a few other mystery ground cover/shade plants, I'm so excited and/or overwhelmed!!)
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