I am so ready to get in the dirt! I did my garlic last week, when the ground was still a little cool. they have sprouted and hopefully will be ready to pick around september. my onions from last year finally took lol, and they are growing great! so we will have to till around them. I did however pull a few of the weed mounds from the garden, that are thriving because of the coop shavings we dumped in there over the winter. and my girls got a nice afternoon snack yesterday considering they don't have any green in the run or within neck's length around it. but a great discovery was tons of worms!! in the garden that is! they are loving and composting all those shavings for me! where there's worms, there's healthy soil!
I managed to forget to transplant some wild blackberries to an actual bed....so that will have to wait until fall I guess. my herb garden is starting to perk up, my sage has clumps of bright green new leaves and smells wonderful. but my thyme just looks dead still. no leaves no nothin. I may have to replace it, but put it in a hanging basket for better drainage (I think the roots were staying too wet). and my rosemary is perking up too. I bought and planted my first rose bush, and it seems to have taken well; lots of new leaves and nice great stems. I pollinated the peach tree flowers myself this year to see if I get better numbers. it is still pretty small, but I am going to baby that thing, and hopefully get enough to make something from them lol.
I want to plant this year:
lots of corn
cukes, of course
tomatoes (I think I want some heirlooms this year for a good variety)
green beans, gonna try again with them, and pick them earlier than I did last year
pumkins, even if they don't get big enough to carve or cook, the chickens will love them!
I know it's a little late, but I might do a hanging basket or two of strawberries, just to test out my own
and per DH's request, Jalapenos again this year, they did great last year. even had enough to pickle
we're going to also try some potatoes, my dad did them last year, and said they couldn't have been easier
I think that's pretty much it. I not going to venture too much out of the norm this year, because last year was such a bust, because of the deer and racoon damage...I ended up pretty much giving up....but not this year!!
