I thought this week would be different. I had planned on blogging frequently since my children are on spring break. Any one who reads my blog has already figured out that did not happen. Sorry!
This week has flown by! Between planning our last nine weeks of school, getting my next book order ready for the Home School Conventions that are coming up, preparing our tax paper work, laundry, and a host of other things, I didn’t get meal planning done, or my CVS run posted. We even ate out three times this week…unheard of! But I did manage to find some time to plan and start planting a garden.
I am so excited! This is my first go at trying a garden. So that is a quite plea for…HELP! If you have any tips I would love to hear them.
So far, with a friend’s help and the Lord’s blessing, I think I am off to a good start. Last fall I dug up my area and turned in a bunch of mulched leaves and food scraps. Turned in some mulched grass right before spring (again, my friends helped here, thanks guys). And after a long afternoon today I got a few things planted.
I feel I am really being adventurous, because I normally kill everything green in my path. That translates into: I have no clue about gardening. I am borrowing The Joy of Gardening, by Dick Raymond to get a head-start. This book really has some good ideas, especially if you only have a small garden space to use, like I do. The book is very user friendly and uses some simple, but I think different approaches to gardening. Like planting with what the writer calls “wide rows.” This is basically planting tons of seeds in one wide row instead of single row planting. It seems to be working for him, so I am going to give it a try.
Here is a link if you are interested in learning more about wide row planting.
I am using the writer’s plan for a small garden plot. Here is my plot based on his design(mine is slightly larger than his):
And what it looks like in real life today!
I have planted my potatoes, peas, carrots and radishes, onions, spinach, lettuce, onion sets and radishes, basil, parsley. Can you tell? That big hump in the back is the potato “patch.” I had to leave extra dirt to “hill” the potatoes later. I just read a few minutes ago that I should not have planted my basil yet. Live and learn! Maybe the Lord will still allow it to grow, as well as, the rest of my garden.
I am looking forward to seeing what sprouts up first. I will keep you updated!
Anyone else planning on starting a vegetable garden this year? What are you going to try growing? Please don’t hesitate to share any helpful tips you have.
I am linking up with The Heavenly Homemaker’s, The Little Green Project this week. Head over there to see what others are doing with just about anything green!
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