Kathy's Post - Seeds ordered (Yeah!)

Seeds are ordered! Starting with carrots, radishes, lettuce, broccoli, sweet pepper, tomato and flowers (zinnia, snapdragon and bee balm).

It's been so mild out, I'm wondering if we're going to get any snow this year. Maybe April! (Hope not.)

Last year I tried broccoli and it never flowered or produced any actual broccoli, all I got were the leaves -Which then were covered with caterpillars! And the little buggers blended in so well with the leaves I didn't see them until they had had themselves quite a snack.

I also tried carrots, but they were minuscule. Maybe I didn't wait too long, but when gardening with a four year old we are quite impatient for our vegetables to grow!

It's almost March and I'm getting very excited to get out there and start growing. Only a few more weeks.

If you plant it...

If you plant it… it will grow.  It may not always produce, it may not look pretty, but bury all those little seeds and something’s bound to come up!

My husband is the green thumb in our family. The first year we planted our garden I was overly concerned about the exact spacing, soil nutrients, sun exposure, timing and everything else I read in the gardening books. And I’m sure that there’s a place for all that planning if we were aiming for a record harvest or some prize peppers, but we weren’t.  We just wanted some nice fresh veggies that we could enjoy throughout the season.  Despite my worry we had a pretty nice little garden, all thanks to my hubbie.

So, if you’re feeling like you’re plot isn’t the best- don’t worry about it. Seeds are meant to grow. Follow the seed packet the best you can and cross your fingers.