Gardening

I finally got my garden planted yesterday. It was a beautiful day, so I wanted to take advantage of it. Evie had helped me plant flowers the day before, and she did a great job helping. She had a playdate at a friend's house for several hours yesterday, so it helped me get the garden in. I had planted some seeds in pots about a week and a half ago, and they are already coming up. I planted some different varieties of lettuce and spinach in long pots, and planted cilantro and parsley. The parsley is the only thing not coming up so far.


I planted a bunch of different herbs in my flower garden area. I planted a lavender plant that smells absolutely divine. I just want to sit there and sniff it! It is the small plant in the picture to the left that is almost in the middle of the picture. The rest of the herbs I planted from seeds. I planted lemon balm, spearmint (it is in the black pot up front because spearmint spreads like crazy!), basil, cilantro (I planted more in the ground because it is one of my favorite herbs), and more parsley. I had fun being more creative with my garden this year. Last year, most of the garden area was filled with flowers. We yanked a lot of the flowers out and replanted them in different areas of the yard so I would have more room for veggies and herbs. I planted zucchini, beets, carrots, lettuce, spinach, heirloom tomatoes, green peppers, broccoli and red cabbage. I was amazed I was able to fit all that in there. The area is bigger than it looks! I did several rows of carrots and beets. The only seeds I bought and didn't plant were swiss chard seeds. I figured that between the beet tops, the spinach, and the 2 different varieties of lettuce that I would have plenty of greens.

For my upcoming birthday/Mother's Day gift, Jeff bought me this.....












It is a battery powered cultivator, and I LOVE it! It saved me so much time, and it wasn't back-breaking work like it usually is. This is what part of my insanely weedy garden looked like before the cultivator...

It did such a great job at tackling the weeds. I can use it whenever I want to weed, instead of having to hand weed. It will save me tons of time. By the way, that big black thing is not a weed :). Just my goofy cat who thinks the backyard is her jungle. Our yard is fenced, so she can't get out, and she loves to go outside and play in the garden. I can't wait to start seeing stuff coming up in the garden! I love spring :).