Gardening for dummies : the plants are outside
/by Lara Last weekend I planted my garden!
It's not pretty. It is the garden of a disorganized non-gardener. But things are already growing (YEEHAW!) and really my goal here is to demonstrate that anyone can garden with fairly minimal effort or skill ;)
The main garden
When we moved in to this house there was this bizarre sandbox with a roof. It was old and falling apart. My husband cut the roof off and I turned it into a garden!
In this garden I planted my tomato plants (I'm still not sure on the need or value of those cages - anyone want to chime in? I have 5 plants and two cages, I'll play it by ear ;)), peas, edamame, green onions, and carrots.
I discovered that you can buy seeds that are pre-planted into strips to prevent putting too many seeds close together. This seems perfect for me because I can't seem to stop myself from dumping the seeds in in clumps (kind of like how I used to put tinsel on the Christmas tree, much to my father's dismay). :)
Back garden
That's the fancy name for what I planted at the back of the official garden because I had more stuff than would fit in there ;) I planted 5 cucumber plants between the garden and the fence.
We also planted some pumpkins to the side of the cucumbers. Possibly too many pumpkins for the space - we'll see what happens :)
The barrel
I bought a barrel and in it I planted basil (I'm not sure this will work, I think I should have planted that as one of my seedlings) spinach and lettuce in it. The most exciting part is the lettuce is already growing!
The old garden
I didn't even tidy up the old garden area... as you can tell from the photo. But I added some more soil and planted our watermelons there. Again, my lack of knowledge here may mean I have planted watermelons way too close together - but it's an experiment and we're keeping our fingers crossed!
The plants are looking happy and healthy in the ground and I can't wait to start harvesting. I think I'm going to go and buy some fencing and some netting to protect the plants from the rabbits. There are lots and lots of rabbits in Orleans.
Have you planted a garden yet this year? There's still lots of time! I want to hear about it!
