Garden Planning
For the past 4-5 years my primary gardening interest has been flowers. I wanted to grow pretty things. With the budget much tighter this year I am very interested in growing things that I can feed to my family. I am so interested that I plan to dig up a section of lawn to create a vegetable bed. This will mean lots more outside work this summer. I’m not against that. Since snow is due today and will put a damper on actual yard work, I’m spending lots of energy trying to plan. I have to figure out what to plant, when to plant it, how often to plant it, and how to take care of what got planted.
I’ll definitely plant:
Roma Tomatos
Onions
Anaheim chilis
Snap beans
Sweet peas
Chives
Basil
Sage
sunflowers
Savory
I’m considering planting:
I favor summer squash, Howard favors pumpkins
turnips
lettuce
chamomile
dill
marjoram
thyme
elephant garlic
One of the things I’m most excited about is the grape cuttings a Schlock fan has promised to send for Howard and My birthday gifts. I’ve figured out where I want to put them, but I’m a little reluctant to actually dig up the spot until the cuttings actually arrive. Of course since the ground is currently frozen it is probably moot.
I want spring and it’s only the first week of February.