no worms for me

In February, when the weather’s nasty and wearing on me, I begin to dream about the things I will plant in Spring. Colorful vegetables, luscious fruit, and a grand display of flowers. Of all the things I want to plant, I probably only pick a third of it because:

1) I am a busy woman and I don’t want my social life to be consumed by my gardening life. **Cue derisive laughter.**

2) I can’t eat that many fruit and veggies so it doesn’t make sense to plant, say, 4 tomato plants. **That’s why I’ve ordered only 3 tomato seedlings this year. But since I got a free packet of tomato seeds with my seeds order, I should try to plant that too, so…. that adds up to 4.**

3) you reap what you sow. Therefore, if I sow way too many plants, I’m going to be doing a lot of reaping in the fall. 

That said, let’s get to the list of plants I want to grow this year!

PLANTS (type, name)

1) Melon, Charentais
2) Corn, Bodacious
3) Carrot, Carnival Blend
4) Coriander, Slow Bolting
5) Green Onion, White Lisbon Bunching
6) Leek, American Flag
7) Okra, Clemson Spineless
8) Beans, Asian Winged
9) Pepper, Golden Marconi
10) Pepper, Purple Beauty
11) Beet, Golden
12) Beet, Cylindra/Formanova
13) Watermelon, Orangeglo
14) Lettuce, Rocky Top Mix
15) Melon, Tigger
16) Beans, Purple Podded Pole
17) Potato, All Blue
18) Potato, Purple Viking
19) Potato, La Ratte
20) Tomato, Azoychka
21) Tomato, Black Sara
22) Tomato, Sun Gold
27) Sage, Purple
28) Rosemary, Tuscan Blue

Note: numbers 23-26 were used for plants that are already existing in my garden.
23) Strawberry
24) Thyme, German
25) Carrot, Carnival Blend
26) Flowers

Items 1 through 7, 27, and 28 were bought from local nurseries. Items 8 through 16 I bought this year from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Items 17 through 19 were ordered from Ronniger Potato Farm. And items 20 through 22 from Laurel’s Heirloom Tomatoes. 

PLANS

Here’s my tentative garden plan. The numbers correspond to the list of plants above. The rectangle on the right side of the diagram depicts my 4’x6’ planter box. As you can see, the planter box is not filled up yet. This is still a work in progress.  

I’m trying to remember to do successive plantings so that I’ll have batches of vegetables that mature at different times. Right now, the carrots, beets, lettuce, spring onions, leek, and coriander seeds have been planted. When they get to about 2” tall, I’ll plant a second batch.

Now that Spring has arrived, it’s time to stop dreaming and start planting! Go get yourself gardening!