SOW SOW SOW

First off, I would like to start by adding that I meant to put the following picture on my last blog entry but somehow missed it.

That's my little man really enjoying the fishing trip. He loves watching the line...

Ok - So what I wanted to tell you about was that our garden is planted!

There is a bit of a tradition here in this little corner of the world, generally no one recommends planting until after June 15th. That's the last full moon that brings frost with it. However, it has been unseasonably warm here this week or so. Last year, we felt that the spinach was planted too late and the weather was too warm for it to mature properly. We ended up going all summer with no spinach plants.

So this year we decided we had to plant earlier, although it feels so warm I still wonder if we planted early enough weather-wise.

My hunny and I agreed we would get planted and keep our leftover seeds, so that if there is a mid month frost no real damage would be done. We could always just plant again afterwards, which is when alot of people will be getting it done.

We drastically altered what we will be growing this year. Perhaps some will find it more boring, but we will find it more practical for us.

We have spinach and then 4 styles of lettuce, all within 3 rows. We wouldn't risk going much more because we couldn't possibly eat it all.

The rest of the garden box will be two varieties of carrots. My hunny isn't a huge fan of carrots in general, until he tried the ones we grew last year. With that - we are motivated to have some more this year, make them last longer!

We aren't growing any broccoli because we don't eat alot of it and with all the bug removal they were alot of work. We aren't growing any onions because it's about $1.99 for a bag of them at the grocery store. (Although, I still have a free planter and I might grow a few anyway). No celery this year either.

We do have two potters of pleas planted, and this year purchased the appropriate netting. That should work better than the climbing metal thing last year. Oh, and tomato!

Finally, our cherry tree is out in bloom! And beautiful! Do you think we will get any cherries this year? Our wonderful neighbor googled for us that it can take 3 years, but we don't know how old the tree was when we got it. Plus, we had it last year as well. Maybe this will be the year we see fruit?

My hunny and I have also taken a risk and planted a gooseberry bush. Our nursery guru has informed us how there is a caterpillar that attacks these bushes every year, and the appropriate action to take. We are on the watch!

Right now it's just a little green thing but when something happens, I will snap a picture for you. I've never seen anyone grow a gooseberry bush, so we are pretty excited!





Oh and in the woods on sunday we saw a little lilac tree growing in the ditch! Seriously! So this fall that may be getting a new home as well.

Hope that everyone has a fantastic day!

Xoxo.
Leslie