The weather, my health and my knee all cooperated enough to allow the first planting of my garden over the weekend. The garden spot is close to the house, in full sun with the added benefit of the concrete parking area that radiates heat. I"m hopeful that even if we have a mild summer, there will be enough warmth to allow growing, or I could just be a delusional naive optimistic gardener.
I planted onion starts, garlic, asparagus and nasturtiums. I don't plan to eat the nasturtiums even though I know they are edible. I planted them in my vegetable garden because my grandpa always planted them in his garden. In the back of my head I remember something about them keeping slugs away, or I could just be a delusional naive optimistic gardener.
Before planting I laid out a new soaker hose to replace the old one that somehow broke in half. How does a hose that just sits there break in half?!
I have many more seeds to plant and 5 tomato plants that I'm keeping in the house until it really warms up, but at least I got started!
In the beginning there was lots-o-dirt. Hopefully in the weeks to come I will share pictures of green sprouts and full grown plants that yield some harvest, or I could just be a delusional naive optimistic gardener.
Now I'm off to make lists, do laundry and start packing for our family Spring break trip to San Diego! We are catching a plane on Friday after school and work. I'm looking forward to a few warmer days than we've had in Seattle.
Looks like a great start to me. Interesting about the nasturtiums. I'll have to keep that in mind.
San Diego should be a blast! Enjoy!
Posted by: Lisa | March 28, 2011 at 07:14 PM
It is a great idea to do the first planting of your garden over the weekend. You want to planted some vegetables because of your grandpa. He always planted vegetables.
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