Tuesday, February 22, 2011

 Getting Ready to Garden Again!


I'm excited about spring this year. Okay, I'm excited about spring every year!

We are adding to our SFG collection with a new veg garden. Our old herb/flower garden has become a strawberry bed and my son and I moved it to where it will receive more southern sun. With food prices going up we may add another veg garden as well. Busy summer! But these gardens are fun and not as much work after you get them going. I personally do not love weeding. I had a few weeds in my SFG veg garden last summer but that was because the STUPID WEEDS grew through my STUPID WEED CLOTH that was supposed to keep them out. These are very persistent weeds! So this year I'm going to put two or more layers down. And when this stuff is used up I resolve to spend a little more and get better quality weed cloth.

We've already got a list of plants we want to grow. And I've talked to a gardener friend of mine about how to avoid bean bugs. (She puts her beans out early so that when the bean bugs get there, hers are all harvested!)

Hey, it's almost time to plant lettuce!