A couple weeks ago, my partner and I began cleaning up his mother’s garden. She’s got some health issues so what has traditionally been her garden and my garden are more than likely going to be merged over the next few weeks and made into one big garden. It took us a couple days but we got her garden which covered with knee-high oats (from the liberal doses of horse poo she puts on her garden) cleaned up and ready for planting.
We found brussel sprouts, swiss chard, and cabbages once we got all the weeds out of the way!
You can see some of the stuff we pulled out of the garden leaning up against the house. Look at all the peas!
This weekend, for me, the focus has been on cleaning up my garden and getting it ready for the merge as well. More than likely, my part will become a corn patch and where we grow the viney stuff (watermelons, cantaloupe, and cucumbers for sure). But I’ve found some good stuff while cleaning my part of the garden up.
The first strawberries of the year
The sweet scent of Satsuma Orange Blossoms
Snails on the little bench that I use when weeding.
I bought pepper and tomato plants for the garden as well. Here’s the first hot and bell peppers of the year.
And here are the first tomato blossoms of the year.
I also took the time to start some seeds yesterday.
Here’s what I planted:
12 Vorlon Tomatoes
12 Green Husk Tomatillos
12 Oaxacan Pink Slicing Tomatoes
8 Spaghetti Squash.
I’m hoping that by the end of today, I’ll have many of these plants in the ground and many more seeds put into pots for starting!
