We’re just getting started with lettuce here. It was 29 degrees this morning. 🙄

Unfortunately that hasn’t been me this year 😏. My knees have complained so much I invested in a few elevated planters to make gardening a bit more joint friendly.
Your place sounds amazing- good luck with your projects!

wildlife food, lol.


Edited to add: Your garden sounds amazing.

I want to show up at her house in about 10 weeks.
Yummy. 🤤

I enjoy hearing about your garden produce, though, throughout the year. It is well worth the time and effort, though I can identify with the braces and all that.

It's still a bit early for us to be planting anything other than cold weather items. I'm in 6 a or b, can't recall which. I planted seeds in raised beds and elevated raised beds but not much has come up, so I'm disappointed. Leeks, spinach, various lettuces. I thought I put in Swiss chard: nothing yet. Everything is labeled, so I can check.

I have Bachelor's button that has been transplanted into containers and it is getting big now, about 5-6" tall. I will have beautiful pink and periwinkle blue flowers from it soon.

The daffodils and forsythia just finished a stunning show. Magnolia trees are in bloom, and while I don't have any cherry trees, they are in bloom all over our town and the parks. I have tulips that have come out, though, to take over the spring flower show.

There is garlic all over the place, which needs to be transplanted.

Tons of broccoli. Also I have a half bed full of celery, which has been great in salads. Other raised beds are filled with onions and leeks. The herb garden has taken off and I have the full complement of oregano, marjoram, rosemary, lavender, tarragon, dill, and chives.

Inside I have tomatoes--one 12" tall and doing great in the sun. Many pepper plants--bell, as well as hot peppers.

This year I managed to cover my hostas with netting, so I expect them to do well throughout the season. Another tactic that worked was the cat fur I placed around my plants.

I have about a dozen giant allium that should be blossoming in the next week. Big purple round flowers all over the place!

My tulips and daffodils were finished weeks ago. We're not supposed to have any more nights in the 30's.

Planted watermelon seeds today, and little cauliflower plants. I'm giving up on the pumpkin patch this year--I just don't have time or energy to get rid of the sticker bushes.

We're having a real problem right now with drought though. Our farm pond is down to a little green mud puddle. We had a little rain last week, but it didn't help much. The geese aren't happy.

Raised beds and containers. All veggies under grow lights, repotting citrus, roses, pineapples and herbs. Rhubarb in containers getting ready to fertilize fruit trees, nice hobby but the squirrels get all the fruit.