Progress in the Gardens!

I managed to get a little bit done on the garden yesterday, there’s still tons to do but maybe if the weather is cooperative I’ll get some more done today!

 

I also found some new flowers in the flower garden out front.

 

The garden first thing this morning. Most of the beds still need to be leveled. We have the fence half way up but need to get more fencing. And as you can tell I desperately need to mow the lawn around the garden haha, there are still too many rocks near the side of the garden to mow so i need to do that first. You can also see the canning shed off to the right there, desperately needs a new coat of paint and a new roof.

Another shot of the garden

Yellow Peppers

Tomatoes

Asparagus bed

I even got some blue potatoes planted

 

The mystery flower that bloomed this morning. I thought it was just decorative grass. When I was planting new stuff in the garden I kept finding bulbs so I just left them and this is one of them.

I dont remember the name of these off the top of my head but they have survived below freezing weather and snow! haha. I planted them way to early and we got some random snow late in the spring. I’m glad they are still doing so well.

 

Things are growing like crazy! There are snapdraggons in the potted plant and all of the little things you see sprouting up are wild flowers, violets, daisy’s, cosmos. Tons of stuff. I can’t wait until they are all flowering

Lots of new growth!

 

 

Today I hope to get the red onions planted. And I also have some honey-do Mellon, and watermelon to plant, and some cucumbers and eggplant that should be big enough now to live in the garden.

Sow What?

Through Pinterest I stumbled upon a gardening ‘pin’  with a list of vegetables and when to sow them. I feel like i’m falling behind with all things gardening, for a number of reasons, mostly because we’re in the middle of moving and I don’t want to have to transplant a ton of things. Currently we have a few herbs, 2 avocado saplings, some cacti and a Venus fly trap, and our little palm tree. All of which managed to survive while I was gone for over a week… okay the palm tree has looked better, and i’m not sure if the lavender is going to survive but for the most part James managed to not murder all of my plants.

So, inspiration growing from this list I found I decided it was time to sit down and compile my very own list of what I want to grow and when they are going to need to be planted. Spring is in full swing here, it’s going to be in the 80’s all week, and this weekend it’s supposed to be “cooler” aka 70… so i’m all set to even start planting outside once we’re settled.

I also need to decide if we’ll be planting from seeds or if we’ll just be getting already germinated plants from a nursery. Decisions decisions haha!

There are so many things I want to grow! I don’t want to have to buy vegetables at all this summer! and I want to plant enough so we can can some and store them for the winter. We can save so much money! Not to mention how healthy it is and how much peace of mind it gives me to be eating something I know for a fact is 100% natural.

Well while i’m compiling my “to grow” list I wanted to share some cool gardening ideas that i’ll be trying this year!

I want to do this with my herbs, so I can grow a bunch to be used fresh and also to dry but this way they can be moved into the greenhouse for the winter and I can move them outside in the summer! And it makes it very organized so nothing gets mixed up. [you can get wine boxes for free at liquor stores]

and if my garden ends up looking half as good as this i’ll be so happy! It’s so organized! Which I LOVE! Not to mention walking space between different veggies means it’s easier to weed and give proper attention to different plants individually. Maybe it’s just me but I think it’s much easier to really see what’s going on here!  Love it!
[garden picture from Keven Lee Jacobs http://www.agardenforthehouse.com/]

 

 

Wrapping this one up for today, hopefully I’ll have more to share as this week comes to an end, lots of stuff happening with the house *fingers crossed* which means a new big garden to play with! So the blog will be taking more of a home renovation/gardening/diy/recipes feel for a while, moving away from the video games and knitting for a bit while we focus on a few other things.

Gosh I hate packing …