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Finally! Spring is Here

April 13, 2010 in Lacey's Garden, updates by Lacey | No comments

Finally!

Everything finally got dry enough that I could plant my potatoes. I think I sat on the potatoes for 2 weeks before I was able to get to the garden when it was still dry. It seemed during those 2 weeks that every time it was dry enough to plant, I had other commitments, and then it would rain. So it all worked out last week and the potatoes are now in the ground. I planted

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baby spinach and lettuces, too. This weekend was spent trying to find places to plant my flower seeds – zinnias, mostly, and some marigolds, cosmos, a little cilantro, cockscomb and scarlet poppies. I’m finding that I am a compulsive seed buyer, and saver, and between the two, I have seeds enough for five acres while living on a 1/4 acre! I keep hinting to my very patient husband that maybe we could plant corn and okra and the rest of my flowers in the front yard. He hasn’t directly said no, so maybe…

Tags: lettuce, potatoes, seeds, spinach, spring

Lacey’s Garden – Farmer’s Market

June 19, 2009 in Lacey's Garden by Jason | No comments

(*Note – I was supposed to post this two days ago. My bad. -Jason)

My garden has finally taken off. The plants are loving the fertilizer! Of course, so are the weeds. I can barely keep them out. I plan on mulching with more straw but it is sold out at all the feed stores here in town. I have enough lettuce right now that I was able to sale some at our Farmers Market this past Saturday and I think I am going to sale some this Saturday, too. Here are a few pictures of my garden.

Tags: chard, cucumbers, garden, gardening, growing, lettuce, vegetables, watermelons

Lacey’s Garden – Pictures

April 28, 2009 in Lacey's Garden by Jason | 1 comment

Tags: garden, gardening, growing, lettuce, peas, pictures, salad, vegetables

Lacey’s Garden – Eating The First Lettuce And Fighting Bermuda Grass

April 28, 2009 in Lacey's Garden by Jason | No comments

Well. The garden is looking real good. It has been mostly cloudy since I planted everything, but someone forgot to tell the Bermuda grass. It is growing faster than everything else and I have to pull it everyday or it will takeover the entire garden. I have managed to get some cardboard and newspaper down with hay mulch on top, hopefully that will be a barrier to weeds and grass. I have little confidence in that against Bermuda grass. That stuff would grow through glass! I took pictures of everything I have planted including my flower filled planters, perennial and herb gardens.

Tonight we ate the first harvest of lettuce and herbs. It made a yummy salad and my girls sure enjoyed it, and so did Ben and I. I even took pictures of the salad. (It was pretty!)

If any of you have any tips on getting rid of Bermuda grass organically I would sure like to know. Yall take care and love your garden!

Tags: bermuda grass, garden, gardening, herbs, lettuce, salad, vegetables

Lacey’s Garden – Peas, Spinach and Snow

March 26, 2009 in Lacey's Garden by Jason | 2 comments

March 26, 2009

Hello. Here are pictures of the peas and spinach coming up. They are really looking good. My carrots have finally started poking their little heads up, and the lettuce and mustard are up as well. I am waiting, waiting, to plant anything else since the weathermen are calling for snow this weekend. I am grateful to God for sending much needed rain this week and no bad weather. Hopefully we will continue to get regular spring rain showers with out any tornadoes here in Tornado Alley. Happy gardening and enjoy the spring rain where ever you are!

Tags: garden, gardening, lettuce, mustard, peas, plants, snow, spinach

Lacey’s Garden – Planting Swiss Chard, Lettuce and Carrots

March 9, 2009 in Lacey's Garden by Jason | 2 comments

March 9, 2009

Hello to all! What a beautiful weekend though it was a bit chilly! I managed to get Five-color Silverbeet seeds (Swiss chard) in the ground yesterday and today I planted lettuce and carrots. In the pictures you will notice about 18-24 inches between the carrot rows, that is where I am planting the tomatoes. Tomatoes and carrots are a beneficial companion planting (I have read about anyway). I will let you know if I think it is beneficial. To the right of the carrots there is a path filled with straw then a 18 inch wide row of lettuce. I just broadcast the seed and patted it down then watered it. I saved lettuce seed for successive plantings about every 10 days and I have enough Swiss chard for one more planting in 10 days. It is supposed to storm today. Hopefully it will not wash my seeds away. I should have checked the weather first. Lesson learned! The peas are just beginning to sprout but are not quite big enough for a picture yet. Now it is water and wait time.

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