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Sorry I'm a day late with the garden post this week. Yesterday was the first "well day" in our household, after 2 straight weeks of the flu. It was definitely time for a Park Day, as much for my own sanity as for the kids entertainment 
; which of course, threw the whole Monday routine right out the window.
I know some of you are right in the midst of planning this year's garden, and some of us are even starting seeds indoors 
and preparing the soil for spring planting. I have a little greenhouse tray and a whole bunch of seed packets sitting in the dining room waiting patiently! It has been very warm the last few days, so I'm definitely in the mood to garden.
I've been going through my seed catalogs and making a wish list. It will have to be pared down some, because I would need acres to grow all of the lovely things I see on the pages of those catalogs 
. But, I do have a few new varieties of things I plan to try, and a few new things that I've not grown before, too.
From Bountiful Gardens , I am ordering Dwarf Bees Runner Beans, and maybe Painted Ladies, too. I also have Golden Beets, Early Market and Parabel Carrots, Erbette and Perpetual Spinach Chard, Lemon Cucumbers, Rosa Bianca Eggplant, French Sorrel, and Lyon Leeks marked...and that is only from the first 20 pages of the catalog !
I checked out the bookHow to Grow More Vegetables by John Jeavons from our library. Interesting book; but I'm not sure the double digging method will work where I am moving. Have any of you used this method of gardening before? If so, how did it work? I've done regular "tilled soil" gardens and raised beds, and even a bit of the sheet mulching or lasanga gardening style, but never this method and it seems like a lot of work in the beginning stages to me.
OK, what new fabulous things are you planning to grow this year? Share with us, please!
Garden Blessings,
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