Kathy's post - They're HERE!

THEY'RE HERE! So excited to see my seed packets in the mail today. Looking at all the shiny colorful pictures of flowers and vegetables makes me wish summer were here. Yet, it's still only March 2nd and the grass is still a dull yellow outside my window. :( 

But now that my seeds are here I can start some of them inside.

Since this is a new blog and we're always looking for new members for our garden club, if you're interested in posting about your garden or sharing photos with us, please contact me at katstoica@yahoo.com and we'll add you to the list of bloggers.

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.

Kathy's first post - Jan. 30, 2012

And so it begins... Another gardening season almost upon us. I've got my seed catalog in hand and a list of seeds I hope to purchase for this year. This winter has been so mild, I would like to start planting now! But I know we have to wait a little longer.

This blog is created for members of the Kittatinny Group's garden club to share their gardening stories: successes, failures, updates, questions -  if it deals with gardening, you can post it here! You don't have to be an expert gardener or a master gardener, I'm not. But I love gardening and hope to learn from others through this blog.

This year I'm trying out a new seed company - D. Landreth Seed Company. They are located in New Freedom, PA. Their seed catalog is AWESOME. I've learned a lot from reading this catalog so far. They sell heirloom and genetically non-modified seeds.

Here's my list of seeds to buy (so far):
Flowers:  Zinnias, Snapdragon, Sweet Pea
Vegetables/Fruits:  Mexican Sour Gherkin, Plum Purple Radish, Connecticut Field Pumpkin, Small sugar pumpkin, Silver King Corn, Little Finger Carrots, Calabrese Green Sprouting Broccoli & Orange Sun Sweet Pepper.

That list might be a little over-ambitious, but I'll write back with what I actually ended up with.