The soil dried out enough that I could actually create some rows and get my spring vegetables planted. It feels a bit late and yet I'm cautiously optimistic that we've seen the last of the snow. Silly, I know, but we gardeners have to dream about something.
Sugar snap peas
Galena shelling peas
MacGregor's Favorite Beets
Touchstone Gold Beets
Nelson Carrots
Nantaise Narome Carrots
Erste Ernte Spinach
Cimarron Romaine Lettuce.
Now the trick is to keep bunnies and kittens out of the garden.
The other issue that I'm dealing with is water. The soggy months have made it obvious how much water is actually moving underneath certain areas of my garden. We tried to redirect a lot of that water that moves along the hard pan and yet it is clear that a large section of my garden is very wet just below the surface. I dug a hole and watched it fill up. Three of the garden beds need to be raised – no wonder anything that lives longer than a season dies off. They drown. All of which has given me the opportunity to redesign a bit and I'm going to come out of the deal with an extra raised bed. How exciting is that? I am having visions of pumpkins and cucumbers trailing their huge blossoms out onto the gravel paths.
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