Preparing for Spring

Though you wouldn't know it from today's forecast (forties with a chance of rain and snow), spring has technically arrived.  Nick has been hard at work planning this year's garden, and he's decided to try three raised beds of 4' x 8' each, chock full of various greens and veggies.

In preparation for the growing season, we removed the cover from the single raised bed that we currently have, and tore out the remaining vegetation.  The only exception was the carrots, which despite (or perhaps because of?) our benign neglect, seem to be growing pretty well.  We decided to leave them and we'll see how they do.

 

Nick hard at work.

Go carrots, go!

Westley supervising.

Next up was a trip to our local garden store to pick up potting soil, a seedling tray, and some seeds.  A number of the plants we are hoping to grow need to be started indoors.  The only place we can do that (read: the only place safe from our naughty kitties) is the guest room.  Et voila!

 

We've got a few more seeds to purchase (beets, kale and chard, pickling cucumbers, zucchini), and we are definitely going to need another tray.  I am excited to find out whether the seeds that I carefully saved from last summer's Crossroads Farm tomatoes will grow - they will be delicious if they do.