I can hardly wait! I can hardly wait! I can hardly wait! Every year about this time I get like this......and it's not time yet, BUT I can hardly wait!
I have the majority of my seeds already, bought last weekend, as soon as they were out on the shelves. The only thing I am missing that I really want is hull-less seed pumpkins.....most of the garden catalogs are out of the seeds
. I have canned pumpkins this year, and found that I absolutely LOVE roasted pumpkin seed. It would however, be much nicer to be able to just gobble up the seeds without the tongue twisting required to get the seeds out of the shell. I plan on planting green beans, three different kinds, bush,(Blue Lake) pole kentucky Wonder) and Romano. As well as preparing a real herb garden this year! I have yarrow, wormwood, angelica, sage, anise, borage, cat-mint, horehound, lemon balm, hyssop, and of course all the culinary herbs I normally grow. This will be a first for all of the medicinal herbs, except the yarrow. I had a Heal-all plant in my old garden, but it did not make the attempted transplant.
My staples include of course, green beans. lettuce, radishes, cukes, tomatoes, (new varieties) peppers, (but different kinds this year) eggplants, watermelon, cantaloupe, honeydew, and a new one>>>casabas. Of course, also cauliflower, broccoli, Yukon Gold potatoes, and I have a new deep bed which I want to try carrots in. I have never been able to grow carrots, but this year I hope to succeed!
Oh, and I have celery already started from veggie ends....last year I planted two of these and they did great! Also planting a bed of amaranth and later. quinoa.
Lots of new beds this year>>>> a mix of dirt, sand,
ancient sawdust and using goat and chicken poop which has been sitting for a year (so as to not burn things). I am SOOOO excited!! I am trying not to plant seeds too early, as they don't go out as transplants until mid-March for cool weather crops, and the end of April for warm weather plants. But it is SO hard to wait!
Anybody else have ITCHY green fingers?