Getting Ready for the Garden!

Aerya is excited to plant her own garden this year. She has her own seeds and we'll set out a part of the garden just for her. We planted some seeds indoors at the end of Feb and will do some more in early April, then plant two more sets directly in the ground in late May and June.







For now the seedlings are living in the office/mudroom and have done quite well. I'm keeping a little garden journal to learn from for next year (cucumbers need tons of water and lettuce wilts really easy.) I'm hoping that our friends and family can come by for the May long weekend to help plant it all in the ground. Then in the summer and fall we'll have lots to pick.

I'm planning a pumpkin patch so everyone can pick their own jackolanterns, and we'll have corn then too. We're also looking forward to planting an orchard over the next couple of years with lots of fruit and berries.






I've been warned that the birds will eat the seeds in the ground, and that over the summer we have to watch out for deer eating the fruit trees and all the berries. But for now my biggest nemesis is Meux. Can you see the bite marks out the corn?!? Do they make a scarecat?