This year, our home garden is on me. Ron is so caught up in THF that he doesn’t have much interest in the home front. I will be forced to drag him along on a few projects. He is still my expert on growing.
After dinner yesterday I went out to the garden and started digging up the beds. Turning over the weed wacked rye grass and mixing in compost. I had planned to get one or two beds ready for planting. But it was lovely out and I just kept going. Now that it was almost May 15th I decided it was time to get some of my veggies out of the cellar.

I started with the kale, onions and celery. I now have 3 beds filled with baby plants and lots of hope. The kale I am not too worried about. We have grown it for years and know that it is very hardy. The onions are new but they are pretty hardy too. The celery that is one I am taking a chance on. We shall see.

Tonight I got Jo’s help in putting out my herbs beds. Last year I decided not to empty the dirt out of them again. Previously we had emptied them all into a tarp and stacked them in the garage. We left the tarp full of dirt out in the weather and then refilled the beds the following spring. I didn’t get a good crop of any of my herbs last year. It was very disappointing. So I tried a new tactic. We stored them as is in the garage. My lemon balm tried its best to keep growing all winter long. Even with little light and no water.

I have seedlings down cellar waiting to go into these beds, and I am anxious to see what grows this year. Ever since Ron started growing garlic we have struggled to grow enough basil to use it in our garlic scape pesto. Have ended up buying it every year. Maybe this time we will have better luck. I just want them all to grow. I love having fresh herbs in my backyard. Fingers crossed that I do a good job of it.