Here we go!

Well, maybe I won't catch up, but make an effort to do better keeping up this season. Of course there will be references and photos from last year but I won't try to recall the whole season.

Whew!

What a winter it's been. Not that it's over yet but it's March. It should be winding down. Soon we'll go from snow boots to water/mud boots, but the snow will be here for awhile still. There's at least a couple feet in most areas.

What's in my garden?

Since I was asked again today, I thought I'd list what's in my garden, in order of the planted rows. I have a diagram on graph paper that I'll eventually scan and post.

I had a few extra tomato plants I ended up putting in random places.

So, from furthest from the gate to closest to the gate:

My New Compost Bin

I built a new compost bin to keep things a little neater around here and hopefully for more efficient composting than I have had with wire rings of fencing or loose piles. The cost, with mostly free and "kickin' around"

Check them for garlic breath?

Last fall I planted a 4x8 raised bed with garlic, elephant garlic and shallots. They were growing well and when the hard frost came, I mulched it with straw as recommended and wished it all good luck wintering over.

 After the very cold winter, I removed the mulch (which it turns out I shouldn't have done but not a real big deal) and instead of green stalks

Busy Busy

Sorry for the lack of posts...

Been very busy in the yard and garden since the last post.

Clearing the "middle garden"

I cleared an area that we've come to refer to as the middle garden. This used to be a part of

Tomatoes Au Rotten

Thank you Jason for the title of this entry. Haha.

Here are the photos I took of the poor sick tomatoes last summer as mentioned in the previous post ("...some kind of disease or blight attacking