The thunder is rolling in, which messes with my gardening!
If you’ve ever lived in the North East of the United States, you’ll know that this time of year is crap. Mother Nature likes to tease you with warm, nice days while tossing in a few thunder storms. It’s supposed to rain the rest of this week.
The other day, my sisters and I spent some time outside playing catch. We’ve been doing it on and off since the weather started to cooperate.
Andrea, who loves playing softball, and she’s the one who whines until we all go outside and play with her, can’t catch for the life of her.
It looks like she’s going to catch it, but she doesn’t.
Oh, and if you look on the right you’ll see a whole bunch of…brown sticks. Yea, those are the rose bushes that my dad planted, and was too lazy to take care of, and now I have to cut them down, dig them all up, and get the garden in tip top shape. The rain is going to make that impossible to do anytime in the near future.
One of the great things about spring is the fact that I can now smell the freshly cut grass. One of the bad things about spring, is that I’m the one that gets to cut the grass. I spent most of yesterday working out in the yard, and when the weather wants to cooperate, I’ll be spending more and more time out there as well.
One of the things that I want to do with the garden, once all the rose bushes have been successfully eliminated, is to plant a whole bunch of vegetables and herbs. I’m haven’t decided what to plant yet, but I figure I have another week or two to decide on that. I know I’m growing tomatoes in above-ground beds. If you don’t know what that is, you haven’t ever planted tomatoes the right way. They are so much bigger if you plant them this way then if you were to plant them in a regular garden bed. I also want to plant potatoes. Home-grown potatoes are much more delicious than the ones you buy in the store. Trust me on this one. Also, cucumbers, carrots, beans, corn (although it’s a little late for corn, but I’m going to do it anyway and just have the ears be smaller), and some sort of squash. The rest I haven’t decided on. Any ideas?
My mom also wants to have a flower garden. That shouldn’t be too hard, all I have to do is take her to a greenhouse, let her pick some out and transplant them into a flower bed.
One of the things I’m most excited about though is the fact that I’m going to start composting. This way I don’t have to mess with any of the chemical fer
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Oh. My. God. NO.
I remember the first time I mowed the grass. Without even the slightest exaggeration, I thought I was going to die. And I wasn’t the only one: actual vultures (at least 15 of them) were circling me. I am not kidding.
I will never, EVER mow the lawn again. I will either hire someone, force someone I’m sleeping with to do it, or I’ll buy a goat. But I am never mowing again.
Herb suggestions: Basil (a LOT of it), rosemary, oregano, thyme, cilantro (if you don’t know what to do with it, ask me, because I think I use about a 1/2 pound per week!), chives and parsley. Plant some lemon grass (I think that’s what it’s called in English) if you like tea… it’s amazing after being boiled for about 10 minutes.
I’d also recommend planting onions (they’re much better than the grocery store and you can choose the sweetness/strength that you prefer) and garlic. Also some ginger if you use it.
Josh, I have three older (by a lot) brothers, who all took turns mowing the lawn. And so what did I whine about since I was 5 years old? NOT being able to mow the lawn, because they got to. Lo and behold, I started mowing the lawn since I was 13, when my brothers had all but moved out of the house. I was a straaaange girl.
It’s funny, because your sister catching that softball reminds me of when my youngest brother would take me out back and try to teach me to catch a softball. I had a whole bunch of bruises because I was just scared of the ball.
Good luck with your garden!!
Josh I feel for you–especially since your back yard might be bigger than our front yard, and I hate mowing it, mostly because I have to avoid a bunch of trees.
I feel your excitement about getting the garden in order, though. I’m thrilled with the thought of being able to do a garden my own way when we move to Chico. Now, I have to defer to my parents, but I definitely want vegitables and roses in my own yard
@Erin: Yea, our back yard is just a bit bigger than an acre. Our riding lawn mower was broken. I did it with a push mower. Plus the front yard and the side yard. That was fun. I about died. And I totally forgot about onions! My parents love them, I can’t eat them because I’m allergic, and while we’re on the topic of me being allergic, I think I’ll also plant some peppers.
@Esther: My sisters were the exact same way. They thought it would be fun to do. Mostly because we had a riding lawn mower and they just wanted to ride it around. One summer, our riding lawn mower broke and my dad didn’t want to fix it. They haven’t mowed the lawn since.
@Lisa: Vegetable gardens are amazing. I remember when I was a kid, half of our backyard was devoted just to vegetables. My mom does all the flowers. She has the green thumb in the family. She has the best roses I’ve ever seen. I don’t know how she does it and if I did, I would sell it because I could make a lot of money from it.