Planting a Vegetable Garden
April 11th, 2012
Planting a crazy vegetable garden!!
Please consider this a guest post by my daughter Pia who is 3.8 years old. She noticed that the blooming Allium in the garden looked like a firework, (we’ve got them on the brain with the Fourth around the corner.) We then went on a hunt through the garden and she instructed me which flowers she would like to include in her firework picture collection.
I hate to be the most sentimental, mushy, gooey mommy by writing this post- but in case you didn’t know this about me, I am made up of a healthy dose of mushy.
Because we have had such a difficult year here in Seattle, (like I can count the number of sunny days on one hand since last Spetember) the yard has kind of been in a state of paralysis. We are in late May and there are buds and flowers just sprouting that really should have been here months ago. It is a strange phenomena.
Creating Better Soil This is a weird little tip, but it seems to have produced great results in my herb and Perennial gardens each spring, and it is very handy for those who cook a lot. Instead of tossing my eggshells in the garbage disposal or in the compost- I chuck them out the window….