A Planting We Will Go...

Well, maybe not so much planting as planning. Every year I pour over the seed catalogs trying to figure out the perfect veggies for our climate and when to start them. This year is no exception albeit I've been otherwise occupied with my crack habit du jour, aka alpaca/silk bliss, the veggies still need a plantin'. So instead of writing my plan out on yet another piece of paper to be found (or not) next year, I figured I would put it all here. If you could care less about the first and last frost dates I suggest you move along right now...Our last frost date is April 25th. Oh sweet April 25th, the trees will have buds, flowers poking their heads and Ethan will once again be able to let the girls out without bundling up like an Eskimo. The veggies right now are...

Beans, golden beets, brussels sprouts, carrots, corn, cucumber, lettuce, melons, spinach, onions, peas, peppers, potatoes, summer squash, winter squash, tomatoes and a whole mess of herbs. Now this may seem way early but honestly there are plenty of cold weather seeds that just might get going so why not try!?! Lettuce and peas love the cold so Ill be putting them out shortly, a milk jug cloche and we should be set!!

January: assess seeds from last year, buy more...using Botanical Interests for most since proceeds go to our MOPS group and I bought some of their seeds at Portland Nursery last year and they did great!! The rest will be picked up at Portland Nursery on our Spring Break vacation. Need to gather pots and till garden with a plethora of chicken poo.

February Late: Spinach, lettuce and early tomatoes will start indoors.

March Late: beets, St. Patrick's Day potato, peas, inside: peppers, tomatoes, melons all, winter squash,

April early: lettuce, rest of potatoes, onions,

April late: carrots, beans~ bush and pole,

May Late: Corn, Brussels sprouts, summer squash, set out starts for peppers, tomatoes and melons.

June Early: Cucumbers

Lettuce will be sown every couple weeks till it gets too cold in winter!

Dandello's Garden is a wealth of information for planning, as well as Home Vegetable Planning. Absent off this years list are cauliflower and broccoli. I don't know who you are that say those grow easy but all I got were giant plants with no flower! Off to assess the situation, unfortunately seeds are stored right off the knitting room and the cashmere wrap still on needles is calling my name...