Well, I pretty much forgot about the blog over last summer, so I didn't document my progress on my garden. I built two 4x8' veggie beds and grew tomatoes, peppers, zucchini & yellow squash, one cucumber, and several kinds of herbs - basil, chives, parsley, dill. I also tried to grow corn, carrots, and leeks, but didn't have much luck. Fortunately, I learned quite a bit and will do some things differently this summer.I just started my seeds. Two 10-packs of coleus, two 10-packs of pansies, and one 10-pack of petunias, plus five small peat pots of tomatoes and five peat pots of peppers. I also bought another gro light but haven't put it up yet. I got several packs of annuals seeds so hopefully I can save some money this spring over buying them at the nursery. I also got some dahlia tubers - I've never grown those before so that'll be my new adventure this summer.
I'm very upset at myself - I got two bags of tulip bulbs last fall but didn't get them in the ground. Every weekend this fall was either rainy or I had plans of some kind and didn't get to it. I planned to do it in December - I often do - but then we had a freak snowstorm. We never get snow in December. So my two bags of tulip bulbs are for naught. I guess I can stick them in the fridge and then try to force them in a few months. Oh well.
We've gotten a ton of snow this winter - almost 5 feet total in 3 different storms - way more than normal for this area. I'm hoping that being buried under snow for weeks at a time will kill a good chunk of the ivy that covers my entire side yard. Since my house is perched on top of a hill, the side yard is very sloped and the previous owner planted ivy to keep the soil from eroding. My plan is to rip it all out and terrace the hill, maybe using it as a cutting garden for a variety of perennials and annuals, since it gets about a half-day of sun. But ivy is a total pain to rip out, which is why I haven't tackled that job yet.
Lots of planning to do while I wait for my seeds to germinate and the snow to melt. I'll try to do a better job of documenting it this summer so I have a record of what works and what doesn't.
