Last year I had everything planned and ordered and seeds started way back in February.
This year is an entirely different story, but I am no less pumped about my garden plans! A few things I’m doing differently this year, mainly in the realm of taking it all down a notch:
- I’m scaling back on the variety of things I’m planting. Knowing that we also have lots of veggies coming from our CSA share, I’m only planting our favorites in the garden this year
- I’m using a lot of leftover seeds from previous years. In fact, I haven’t bought any new seeds this year, because I have so many left over from last year and the year before.
- I’m planting a lot of my favorite perennial herbs in the ground instead of pots. This is in acknowledgement of the fact that I inevitably get worse about watering daily as the season wears on….maybe some of them will stay alive for more than one year if I plant them in the ground?
In the picture above you can see what I purchased last weekend at Seed Saver’s in Decorah (which, by the way, is an awesome place to go if you’re looking for GMO-free and organic, open pollinated plants and seeds. I love everything about they way they run their business).
There’s a couple different varieties of thyme on the right, a little rosemary, violets in the bottom region, some variegated sage, a few tomato and pepper plants, and the big fat leaves at the top are basil….gotta have basil.
My 2013 Garden
Here’s how it will all shake out, if all goes according to (hastily thrown together) plan. My darling hubby helped me turn over the garden last Sunday, so plants are going in the ground this coming weekend.
Veggies |
Herbs |
Flowers |
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Fruits
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* The scallions are growing from seeds I planted last year. Whatever, I’ll take it.
