It's Almost Time

We uploaded a few pictures for everyone to see our seed progress. Also, Heartland Nursery looks like they are full of plants and flowers again. We will be visiting them soon.

Here are the pics.

Preparing the Garden and Herb Garden

Monday March 16, 2009
Well, it is that time of year. We purchased 1 yard of compost/top soil from Randy's Lakeview Nursery on Friday and went back for another yard on Monday and we were told that they were unable to sell it because it was too wet. So we traveled out to American Topsoil and picked up a yard and a 1/2 (their bucket was a little more full than Randy's) for $10 more. Jill went to tilling on Monday afternoon, and sadly, cut the cable line ;0(

Sometimes it good to have no cable and no access to the internet.

Anyway, we planted potatoes and onions.

The new herb garden we added is coming along nicely. We still need to put up edging to keep the soil from washing away, but we will do that on Friday. Here are a few pics that might show the scope of our amazing garden.

560 sq ft main garden --------105 sq ft herb garden

Gardening Tips from Jeremy and Jill

So a few of you have asked about planting your own garden. If this is a recession necessity or maybe a new hobby, let me say that it's not that difficult to have a wonderful garden. The soil around here is great for tomatoes, okra, peppers and cucumbers. Here are a few things we have learned over the years.
1. Plant potatoes and onions around St. Patricks Day.
2. Plant tomatoes, cucumbers, peppers, zucchini, etc. around Mother's Day.
3. Place a few tablespoons of fertilizer below the plant as you plant it.
4. Water your garden
5. Weed your garden
6. Search the web for tips on how to fight pesky bugs.
7. Leave the rabbits alone, then need to eat too.
8. If you want to get rid of rabbits, get a puppy, they chase everything.
9. Till up the area you are going to plant in, don't just dig a hole.
10. Great places to shop- Heartland Nursery is awesome!!!
11. Never buy cucumber plants, use seeds.
12. Plant whopper tomatoes, they are amazing.
13. Plant a few herbs, basil grows well here.
14. Plant at least one heirloom tomato just to see how difficult it is to garden.
15. Don't garden alone, get the family involved.

Last tip- Make some great dinners with the bounty of your garden.

There is much more to share, but that is a good start for the first time gardener.

Seeds That Have Been Planted So Far

Alright, here is the list of seeds that we planted. Mostly tomato seeds and they are all heirlooms. We have others ordered from Park Seeds and Henry Fields, but are still waiting.

Heirlooms from TomatoFest that received a place to grow.
Argentina
Aussie
Black Zebra
Blue Ridge Mountain
Bull's Heart
Church
Cuostralee
Church (personal favorite)
Grandfather Ashlock
Carol Chyko's Big Paste
Dixie Golden Giant
Giant 11
Giant Belgium
Giant Oxheart
Green Giant
Ultimate Giant

Don't all of those sound just amazingly strange and beautiful? Well, the seeds are planted and now we are closely watching for that first sprig of green to pop through the soil.
Hope you have a wonderful day and of course we planted way too many of these so there might be a few plants to give away.

Seeds and the Garden

We planted seeds on Friday. We are starting Tomatoes from seed. It should be a very interesting year in our garden. Right now we have 24 different varieties of heirlooms planted. Many of those plants will be given away because we are also planting regular tomato plants. Here we are planting the seeds and prepping the garden to be planted in early May.

Seeds Have Been Ordered

The tomato seeds have been ordered, as have numerous other plants. It's a time of anticipation. Waiting. Patience. And yes, one order is on it's way. We received the confirmation today. Friday, this Friday, a great Friday, not Good Friday, but a great Friday, we will have seeds to plant. This year we ordered from several different places. We ordered from TomatoFest, Park Seeds and Henry Fields. Lots of heirlooms and many other tomatoes. Hopefully soon we will begin to plant, grow and maybe, just maybe give a few plants away.

Has Spring Sprung?

Any guesses as to what is growing up through the snow????