The garden..

Bring it on! Just paid the community garden fee, and ready for some warm weather now. We got the eggshells scattered to send those slugs and snails a 'Not Welcome Here!' message, and the frames have been condesed into the one plot from teh extras I picked up last year. I think we will do the following:

Frames 1-4, each
~onions/garlic
~beans
~ tomatoes
~ spinach

I think I may run some squash  behind them.. I always end up with such a surplus of zuccini, but I really like teh 8 ball so that and maybe some delicata or something nice and compact. Definitely have to throw some cucumbers in the mix too.

I have one end set up for english peas on trellis, the strawberries are starting to poke up, and hopefully the berry bushes will make a strong comeback from the sheer hacking they needed last year.

There are cinderblocks ready for my herbs as well.. that made a tidy bit of easy work too.. cinderblocks with hole side up, filled with compost and earth, insert an herb, and they get good drainage from being high up, but the bottom touching the ground gives them a retained moisture through the hot times.

Not sure about what to do at the house.. I have focused mostly on the herbs and flowing plants so far. My camelia has come through well this year, and the wisteria is going to do well too. My $1 dead rose of sheron took 2 years to come back but it was looking quite nice last year. I need to get some new catnip, basil, dill and stevia but the count stands now:

6 kinds of lavender
organo (two varieties)
sage
cilantro
parsley
thyme (two varieties)
curry
chammomile
a few no names, that I will have to remember when they spring out and I rub the leaves and say, ah yes! That smell means <whatever the heck it was>.

So that was day 1.. I am ready to get my hands in the earth without a chill again. I love that I can grow my own organic stuff at a fraction of teh cost, and a much greater good for my body (getting out there in teh warm and active air.). I am so ready. bring it on!