Sping Fever

Like so many out there , I am ready for spring.

Not just ready ,

I *NEED*SPRING !

The seed catalogs have been arriving

and don't even get me started on Pinterest !

Oh my , the ideas I have.

You may recall from past posts, I am more of a flower gardener that a veggie gardener.

I am determined to do a better job with my veggies this year !

Please remind me of this in August when it's 90 degrees with 100% humidity , will ya ?

Anyhoo...

 My first and most important project/goal is to build a raised bed.

Hubs is fighting me on this , so I may have to have Ryan build it as my carpentry skills are severely lacking.

I want a raised bed for many reasons.

#1 - I have a need for boundaries.

I am a border FREAK !

#2 - You have more control over soil quality.

Soil quality is so important. 

You are starting with fresh soil and can emend it as you need too.

In my neck of the woods , the county has compost piles free for the taking, that's right FREE dirt !

#3 - Raised beds reduce weeds.

Since you are starting with fresh soil you don't have to deal with weed seeds already in the soil.

#4 - I just like the way they look.

You know I'm nuts about design.

I may be growing veggies , but it still needs to be attractive.

My raised bed will be in my back yard, next to my Moon garden and close to my "new" deck.

Here are some great raised beds I found via Pinterest.

google.com

I love everything about this pin.

The blue shed.

The design.

And don't you love how it looks like the beds are made of twigs ?

LOVE

http://www.bhg.com/

Love the obelisks !

I will still probably use tomato cages , but these are fab !

floridavegetablegarden.com

Or something like this.

Great idea .

Let the cucumbers grow up and shade the "cool" crops like lettuces.

Great space saving idea.

Here is the plan I found to use.

ana-white.com

The writer of this blog post made hers for under $10.

I don't know if that's possible as she found her boards on sale.

But the plans are easy to follow and I like the materials she used.

Last year I planted too many tomatoes.

I wasn't my fault .

REALLY!

I bought 3 Grape tomato plants - only 3.

Then Hubs bought another one.

Then his brother gave us 3 more.

We had grape tomatoes coming out our ears !

They really produce.

And they are the sweetest.

These are my favorite.

Yellow Pear Tomato

I am going try to keep it to 3 plants this year.

We'll see...

I always plant a few cucumber plant.

I love cucumbers.

I plant the "bush" variety because I don't have a lot of space.

I don't can or make pickles so there is no need to have lots of plants.

Two gives me enough with a little left over to share.

I also plant a few Eggplant.

Just a couple.

Hubs doesn't like them as well as I.

I plant a few peppers , this times for Hubs as they bother me:(

I'm going to plant some onions , some mini pumpkins and herbs.

I would like to plant some lettuce and spinach , we eat a lot of spinach, but I haven't had much experience with them.

Any suggestion would be appreciated.

I'm also going to plant some new varieties of flowers.

For sure these-

Queen Red Lime Zinnia

Yesterday I gave in to my need to dig in the dirt.

I planted some Datura seeds that had been given to me.

Datura is one of my favorite flowers .

But it's almost impossible to find them locally at any greenhouses.

They are also difficult to grow.

They will self seed if you let them , but they are very late to emerge.

So I wanted to give them a jump start ( really so I can enjoy them longer ) .

They are so beautiful and a MUST for the Moon Garden.

Have you started any seeds yet?

Got your garden all planned out ?

I would LOVE to hear about your garden!

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