Garden Fury

Posted on 2008-Apr-13 at 09:12

This is the time of year when I am always frantic to get things in the garden, but at the same time worried about any late freezes.  Yesterday we got some spinach starts and lettuce starts in the ground after our seeds did not sprout.  Our peas were very slow to come up, so maybe the spinach and lettuce will still come up.  We then planted two rows of onions.  This is another item that we have not had good luck with.

Our soil really needs some hummus to improve it, but that is always a slow process.  Every year we mix in manure, but what we really need is some good compost.  I am planning on building two compost bins this summer so we can compost green items like grass clippings with manure.  We have not gotten to this project before, but we really can't wait any longer.  Each year our soil is a little bit better, but it really is a long process.

We weeded a little bit around the peas and worked in the herb garden planting and transplanting a few items.  The girls are excited to plant some flowers around the edge of the herb garden, but we haven't got all the soil turned yet.  We did get all of our seedlings transplated to larger plants.  Everything came up accept the acorn squash - how odd.

After church today we will work on planting potatoes, carrots, and beets.  There is so much to do it spreads over to Sunday, despite our desire to have this be a day of rest.  For now this is a tradeoff we have to make to break the cycle. 

By cycle I mean - I work because we need the money and in order for me to stay home we have to abide for a very strict budget that requires very little for food.  In order to keep our food costs down, we have to grow as much food as we can.  Once I am at home the work can be completed on other days and Sunday can be a day of rest.  So tdoay we work on Sunday so in the future we can set Sunday aside as its proper day of rest.