Planted the Spring Garden

Yesterday David and I decided we better hurry and get in the Spring garden before it gets too warm, so we prepared the two beds and got the one on the left ready to go. We bought some broccoli plants to try, although I only wanted 2-3 and they came with nine, so I’m trying some in pots and two went in the other garden for now. We planted peas in one square, kale in three squares, spinach in two squares, green onions in one square, beets in four squares (because my dad sent my 4 different varieties), and lettuce in two squares. I also sprinkled some lettuce leaves in the other garden and I am hoping to have those grown and harvested by the time we put in the tomatoes and other summer veggies.

Here’s the garden plan:

And we are going to try a few different things this year… first, I bought a couple of soaker hoses so that I don’t need to use the sprinkler because they say you should water underneath the plant, not over it. Now I need to invest in a timer for the hose. Two, I went to Gardeners Supply and ordered some hoops, garden fabric (for when it gets cold and maybe to protect from bugs on some stuff), and shade netting (to try saving my lettuce in the summer). This way I can try to extend into all three seasons better. I will update on the progress of those later.

I still need to figure out what to plant in the Summer garden to the right, but I am quickly learning that I need another bed… which would bring us to three. David wants to wait until we get the drainage issue in the yard handled though… sigh. And so far our 5 goji berries and 3 blueberries are doing well and have started to bud… they are babies though and need a few years, but at least I know that the cold we’ve had didn’t kill them last week. I even took extra precautions by covering them with makeshift soda-bottle greenhouses!