Bad Dog

I planted my onion sets, raspberries, strawberries, potatoes, and spinach.

No spinach in sight, the potatoes might be too deep in the bucket because they aren't really getting any sun, the strawberries were terrible and got destroyed by the dog, I think one raspberry bush might have died, and Buddy poohed on the onions.

But the peas are growing!

Inside we have many starts, but they are looking weak.

Garden Planning Continues

I bought compost and soil and tilled them into my garden plot today and my DH thought I should plant all the way to the fence and house, so he tilled the additional area for me. I ran out of fencing stuff to keep the dog out, so I will have to go get more. But the bottom line is that my garden plan had to change because I now had much more room. I mostly just added tomatoes and lettuce to my plan.

I am also now a bit nervous about planting. I was talking to someone last night who has lived here for a while and she said the rule of thumb is not to plant anything until after Mother's Day because the weather here is so unpredictable. So maybe I'm being a bit too ambitious. I will be upset if I plant and my stuff freezes. Ugh.

Garden Planning 2011

I had decided that we didn't have the space or sunlight for a garden here in Susanville, but I changed my mind.

Yesterday the kids and I planted peas in flower boxes and prepped some pots for potatoes. We bought a bag of potting soil, seed potatoes, onion sets, and strawberries. We also bought some of those little Jiffy starter things to start seeds indoors.

Today I tilled the main area I plan to use and kid2 and I planted seeds in our starter pots. We started some melons, peppers, and tomatoes. I am optimistic and hope we are successful; the 70 degree weather is helping. :)