Haven’t begun to think about the garden yet. I still have 8 inches of snow on the ground with more possibly coming on the weekend.
I’ve been so busy between my mom (in CA) and my husband (here in WI) that I haven’t spent any time on garden plans, beyond making a list in my head about what worked well last year.
I plan to simplify and allow more space around each planting. (I do Square Foot Gardening and have decided that you really don’t have to cram so many things into your spce.)
I’m never going to buy seed mixes again. I’ll make my own according to Diana’s Beneficial Bug mix. I’ll space out my tomatoes so they don’t get so tangled and plant them 2 weeks apart in 3 plantings so that they produce for a longer period.
I’ll plant onions, potatoes, tomatoes, basil, peas, yellow squash, Acorn squash (does anyone know a variety with a softer shell?), maybe cukes if I can find a smaller variety, carrots, lettuce, spinach, % melons. I’ll skip corn, broccoli, cauliflower, okra, and some others that were so ummemorable that I can’t think of them right now.
NO MORNING GLORIES! No sunflowers in the regular garden — maybe someplace else. Fewer zinnias. Beans were a bust — might try a few Kentucky wonders. No scarlet runner beans.
I’ll be anxious to make my way out to the garden to see what shape it is in. I never finished cleaning it up last fall before the snow started. I still have a perimeter bed to clean out.
And my perennial garden resolution: Never buy any plant unless you already have a place dug for it! (I always forget that one and end up wasting a lot of plants that never get put into the ground. Lord, have mercy!
I still am praying for your hub. I hope that things are going well.
How is hubby progressing, aftr? We keep you in our prayers, for strength and hubby for complete healing.
Have you been going back and forth to California?
How are your Mom and Hubby doing?
I agree with not planting too much in one spot. IIRC, Red warned me about that the first year, but I didn’t listen. ;-)
I’m going to try cucumbers on a trellis this year.