Well, spring has finally sprung around here and that means it is gardening season!!! YAY! As some of you know, I have one raised garden bed in the backyard already and I hope to build another this year. Here is a shot of last year’s garden at the end of May:
I have already purchased quite a bit of the seeds that I will need so there will just be a few things that I will pick up later, like sweet pepper plants and a few herbs. This year, the seeds came from R.H. Shumway’s because Nanny wanted some tomato seeds that only they carried, so I ordered mine from there, too.
Hopefully in just the next couple of weeks I will get the lettuce and carrot seeds in the ground, then around the first of May, the remaining “crops” will be planted. Here are the lettuce and carrot varieties that I am trying this year:
I also ordered the cucumber seeds and a package of sunflower seeds as well.
My father-in-law raises bees and he went to the “bee store” for supplies a couple of weeks ago and brought me these:
I think I am going to make a small bed around the corner of the fence in the backyard and make that a “bee garden”. Hopefully these seeds, along with my sunflower seeds, will draw in bees and birds alike. I can’t wait to get started! Happy gardening!
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