Looking better

My garden is finally shaping up. It looked hideous a couple of weeks ago. I weeded and mulched and watered.

Luckily, I was also able to do some harvesting. I have my own garlic scapes and garlic for the first time. And peas, lettuce, strawberries, cilantro. I haven’t tasted the lettuce yet. I hope it hasn’t turned bitter yet.

Maybe I can stay on top of things now though I have more traveling to do yet this summer.

 

“Everything”

People who know that I garden keep asking me, “What have you planted so far this year?” Then I fight the urge to say “everything” because that would be impossible. Nobody can plant everything by April or ever, really. So here is my list of “everything”. This is what I have planted. Maybe writing it all down will help me remember.

Seeds growing in my kitchen/backyard

• Basil ‘Lettuce Leaf’
• Basil ‘Lime’ – In wine box
• California poppy
• Celosia ‘China Town’
• Celosia ‘First Look Orange’
• Centaurea dealbata – No germination, old seed
• Cilantro ‘Santo’ – In wine box
• Digitalis grandiflora – No germination, old seed
• Eggplant ‘Prosperosa’
• Flax ‘Scarlet’
• Foxglove ‘Pam’s Choice’ – No germination, old seed
• Foxglove ‘Strawberry’
• Gomphrena ‘Carmine’
• Heliopsis helianthoides – No germination, old seed
• Hibiscus ‘Teatime’
• Larkspur ‘Earl Grey’
• Lychnis coronaria
• Marigold ‘French Brocade’
• Monarda ‘Bergamo’
• Parsley ‘Italian’ – In wine box
• Pepper ‘Ancho San Martin’
• Pepper ‘Chilly Chili’
• Pepper ‘Giant Marconi’
• Pepper ‘Variegata’ – No germination, old seed
• Pimpernel ‘Gentian Blue’
• Rudbeckia ‘Cherry Brandy’
• Rudbeckia ‘Irish Eyes’ – No germination, old seed
• Rudbeckia ‘Prairie Sun’
• Scabiosa ‘Chat Noir’
• Snapdragon ‘Frosted Sunset’
• Vinca ‘First Kiss Blueberry’ – No germination, old seed
• Zinnia ‘Double Zahara Fire’

Community garden

• Aster ‘Lilliput Blue Moon’
• Basil ‘Mammoth Sweet’
• Basil ‘Minimum’ *teehee*
• Beet ‘Detroit Dark Red’
• Broccoli ‘Captain’
• Carrot ‘Deep Purple’
• Carrot ‘Nantes’
• Celery ‘Safir’
• Cilantro ‘Santo’
• Ching chiang – No germination
• Cosmos ‘Bright Lights Mix’
• Dill ‘Fernleaf’
• Emilia coccinea
• Garlic ‘Duganski’ – Planted last Fall
• Garlic ‘Susanville’ – Planted last Fall
• Larkspur ‘Misty Lavender’
• Lettuce ‘Italienischer’ – Probably spelled that wrong
• Lettuce ‘Jericho’
• Nigella ‘Blue Stars’
• Parsley ‘Italian’
• Parsnips ‘Gladiator’
• Peas ‘Mammoth Melting Sugar’
• Peas ‘Monico’ – No germination
• Radish ‘Cheriette’
• Raspberry ‘Anne’
• Raspberry ‘Encore’
• Raspberry ‘Heritage’
• Rutabaga ‘Joan’
• Saffflower ‘Deep Orange’
• Shallots ‘Sante’ – Planted last Fall
• Strawberry ‘Cabot’
• Strawberry ‘Ogalalla’
• Sunflower ‘Chianti’
• Sunflower ‘Ring of Fire’
• Sunflower ‘Soraya’
• Sunflower ‘Teddy Bear’
• Sunflower ‘Valentine’
• Sunflower ‘Velvet Queen’
• Swiss chard ‘Magenta Sunset’
• Tithonia ‘Torch’
• Turnip ‘Purple Top White Globe’
• Zinnia ‘Gumdrop Candy’
• Zinnia ‘Whirligig’

Hmm, after typing all that I think I might be insane.

 

Not my garden

My mom graciously offered to watch my daughter tonight so I could get ready to go to Colorado tomorrow. I’m finally getting used to being totally alone again occasionally. It felt really strange there for a while, not at all peaceful, like my arm had been cut off or something. Other than throwing some clothes in a suitcase (AND remembering both of little girl’s swimsuits, where would she be without BOTH of them?!) and doing a few dishes my main getting ready consisted of weeding my community garden plot which looks like total crap. There are fewer weeds now but it really needs fertilizing and mulched since there’s a massive seedbank of weed seeds in my particular plot. Other people’s gardens look much nicer and as a little reminder that procrastinating is bad here are pictures of their much nicer gardens: