What we are planting

 What are we planting????

Way too many things! But we wanted to take a stab at different things we wanted to try. Hopefully, we have enough space for it all.

Pole Beans

Corn

Broccoli

Carrots

Cucumbers

Garlic

Onion

Lettuce Mix

Cabbage

Radish

Spinach

Yukon Potatoes

Red Potatoes

Watermelon

Bell Pepper (3 varieties)

Strawberries

Yellow Squash

Zucchini

Blueberry Bushes

Raspberry Bush

Peach Trees

Apple Trees

Did I forget anything? This seems VERY overwhelming when I write it out, but honestly, we have things laid out pretty well and have companion plants put correctly. We have Garlic and onions in several places, since we read that those would help deter animals. We shall see...

Here we go again

We decided to try our urban garden again this year. With the 2020 pandemic, we gave our first try at planting a vegetable garden. We did amazing considering it was our first time ever planting food out in the yard. But we learned a lot of things and are trying to improve our processes. 

Our setup for sprouting seeds has improved. In 2020, we had a plant tray full of seeds with a grow light above it that was supported by cereal boxes. We also weren't sure what we were doing, so we only did these 2 small trays. Only about half of our seedlings made it, but we took what we had and moved on.

This year, we set up some plastic shelving in the garage and zip-tied the grow lights to the underside of the shelves. We leave the lights on almost all the time, and due to it being cold still at times, we placed a heater nearby to try and keep the temperature adequate for the seeds. We have 4 trays this time. I guess you could say that we are feeling confident. 

Pretty soon this setup may move up into our finished attic space. Who knows....maybe they will just stay here until they are ready to go in the ground! However, I know that we miss parking cars in our garage.