Wow, these last few days have been just beautiful and I've managed to get most of the spring garden totally planted. A few things might be going in a tad early, but I think I can battle any small frosts with mulch and/or row covers.
This is the first time I've ever tried growing lettuce or chard, so it's a total unknown. I was extra careful to pull out every inch of invasive root growing through my beds in the hopes that I won't have as bad of a weed problem this year. It's mind-blowing that those roots were even growing into the clay level about 10 inches down...
Anyway, I'll put up the garden plan soon, but in the mean time here are some pictures of progress from the last few days:
This is the first time I've ever tried growing lettuce or chard, so it's a total unknown. I was extra careful to pull out every inch of invasive root growing through my beds in the hopes that I won't have as bad of a weed problem this year. It's mind-blowing that those roots were even growing into the clay level about 10 inches down...
Anyway, I'll put up the garden plan soon, but in the mean time here are some pictures of progress from the last few days:
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| Part of the cleaning was pulling up the remains of last year's brassica bed. |
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| Mr. Smiley in front of the garlic bed. |
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| Baby Nugget just sat around eating crackers while the rest of us worked. |
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| Picking rocks out of beds was a popular task. |
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| At one point we had some music in the garden. |
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| The carrots will again be grown in buckets and were actually the first things we managed to plant. |
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| Digging out weeds. |
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| Watering carrots. |
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| The triangle bed will have lettuce and chard this year. |
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| Cabbage and brussel sprouts (a tad close since we will probably lose a few). |
