I bought seeds yesterday for my yearly veggie planting. It will be in a different area of the yard this year, but I’ve no doubt it will still be yummy. Some of the seeds I can plant now, some in May, and the pumpkins in June. Before I plant I want to put a trellis or two up. One for the cucumbers, and I’m considering one for the cantaloupe.
I’m partial to lemon cukes, so those are all that I’m planting this year. I want to put up pickles, but I’ll seek out farmers markets for my pickling cukes.
I think before I plant I’m going to invest in some wood shavings to separate the planting areas and give a quasi-save place to walk through the garden to do weeding, harvesting, and such. That may call for a trip to Wal-Mart today. If I’m lucky. I also need to pick up one more bag of compost. The area I will be planting plum trees in the near future needs just a little bit more of this and I can’t spare any from any other part of the yard.
I made a trip to a local nursery yesterday to find out when they will be getting Mantis egg cases in. Later this month and early May was the response. I will have to venture back up there in a couple weeks! Maybe I’ll pick up another apple tree while I’m there…