Gardening 2014 By: Siobhan aka Stella

It's that time of year again...

We put in our garden this past week, and I wanted to share some photos, tips, and lists with you. (To see last year's gardening post click here.)

We had kept last year's gardening list, so this year's shopping was a lot easier. We went the Friday before Memorial day, and it was perfect! There was a huge selection of plants, but it wasn't too early so we haven't gotten any low temperatures at all. The plants looked a LOT healthier too. I think last year was just a really bad year for gardening. 

(Note: We went to Blackforest Nursery for almost everything and Agway for the sunflowers, a bale of hay, and a few gardening supplies.)

So, on to the list of plants...

We always start with some flowers for the front. We usually get 3 6-packs of our favorite types. This year we also got 3 6-packs of ground-cover as well.

Next, we bought some bug-repelling flowers. We plant these right in front of our garden.

4 6-packs marigolds

2 6-packs petunias

1 tub impatiens

1 6-pack begonia mixes

4 sunflowers (already started)

Next came the herbs.

1 6-pack parsley

1 tub dill

1 tub sage

2 6-packs basil

1 tub rosemary

1 tub thyme 

1 tub scallions

1 tub cilantro

1 tub oregano

1 tub stevia

1 tub chocolate mint

1 tub fennel

This year we got a lot of tomatoes!

1 tub red grape

1 6-pack lemonboy (yellow tomatoes)

1 6-pack cherry

1 6-pack supersweet

2 6-pack jetstar

1 6-pack roma

Squash and Cukes are very popular around here.

1 cuke 6-pack

1 6-pack bush pickle cukes

1 6-pack zucchini

1 6-pack yellow squash

1 6-pack butternut 

Peppers

1 red 6-pack

1 yellow 6-pack

1 green 6-pack

1 banana 6-pack

Lettuce

We didn't do lettuce from seeds this year. The plants were already started for us. We've already had a couple huge salads from the 6-packs we got of buttercrunch, mesclun and ruby red.

For beans and peas we got a bag of purple, yellow and green beans and one bag of sugar snap peas.

We also bought a 6-pack each of broccoli and cabbage.

 Here is all of our plants!

We have quite a few flowerbeds, so we bought mulch in bulk this year from Poirier Landscaping. We got 2 cubic yards of mulch, and it was the perfect amount.

So far our garden is growing really well. I will post some more pictures when our plants are bigger!