As far as planting goes, we did two Super Sweet 100 cherry tomato starts for Papa (he's the only one who likes them!) and made sure to give them a bit of insulation against the chilly nights for right now.
Carrots are a must, according to Timothy. We didn't have a good run with them last year, but we're thinking that was due to the soil being depleted of it's nitrogen (hense the reason we planted the hairy vetch to correct that!). With that issue taken care of, we're hoping to have a much better carrot season. I missed washing all of our perfect little carrots in the bathtub, hahaha, so crossing our fingers for this year. We shall see.
My favorite, broccoli! We were gifted with two huge flats of broccoli starts this year by friends of ours. I am so, so thankful for that!! We get not one, but TWO beds of broccoli and I can't wait to watch them grow! Last year the broccoli was so delicious, the kids were down there picking off the little shoots and eating them right then and there. YES!
In our smaller side bed, we decided on corn. We know we won't get a whole ton, but Anthony's been wanting to grow corn for a few years now, and we told him we'd take a break from beans and snap peas in that bed so he could do corn. Funny how I'm the one who wound up planting it though, lol. Towards the end of planting day, the kids were getting pooped out, so Papa and I finished the job.
Our strawberry plants are doing fine on their own, it'll be exciting to see those start to flower. We had such a great season last year, getting strawberries into the end of October!
I weeded the raspberry bed and am delighted to see so much new growth this year!
The pumpkin patch has all been tilled up too. Ready for planting. Last year we didn't get as many pumpkins as the first year we did pumpkins. We had a deer issue and I think the same nitrogen depletion problem as in a few of our garden beds (lesson learned!). This year we'll plant a few pumpkins in one corner, we got some acorn squash to go in another corner, and in the back I think we're going to put in some blueberry bushes. We were gifted one for our anniversary, and the pumpkin patch is the only place we can think to put it right now where it'll be protected a bit. So eventually the pumpkin patch will become the blueberry patch! I figure while pumpkins are fun, and we can always do a couple, we still go to the pumpkin patch yearly for our large carving ones.....so it's not a necessity to always do tons of our own pumpkins.
We are so excited to watch our garden grow! Crossing our fingers for a great growing season.
With love,
Mama Hauck
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