Well, it's the first week of January second week in February and going along with the traditions a new year brings it's time to begin planning the garden. Now isn't typically when I start planning, the anticipation usually kicks in around november shortly after pulling up everything dead and frozen from the ground. I don't know why or that I can help it, the anxiety just builds until I'm waiting eagerly by the door for the post to deliver the first of the spring seed and plant catalogues. I guess my biggest worry is what am I going to plant, because the sooner I know the more prepared I can be for when I need to start planting. And honestly I'm already running behind.
Update! er… finishing the post!
Okay so I got an idea/list of things I want in my garden this year (I finally did that last month,) but I'm really struggling with getting anything done. Not necessarily the garden idea part but just the getting up, get going and get things planted/started part; You know, the important doing it part. Anyhow, here we are and it's mid February and I'm running even more behind. Onions and garlic should have been started last fall, or onion seeds indoors in January because they can take at least a month to sprout and be ready for planting out early spring. As for the tomatoes I've had the most luck starting them about now, which isn't bad except getting the "planting shelf" ready feels like an uphill battle and I'm already exhausted just by looking at it.
I'm slowly coming to the realization that maybe just sitting down in the fall and planning it all out would be better. The energy is there and it's not like I don't have a good variety of seeds to choose from (i.e. I don't need to wait for the "New!" seed catalogues.) Then I can have a post actually ready for the new year and update it if needed.
Anyway, here's my list/plan, hopefully something kicks in and I can get it done. Wish me luck.
What I'm Planting This Year
- Beans
- French Filet (Bush)
- Beet
- Bull's Blood
- Chioggia
- Cabbage
- Golden Acre (Only 1 of the 6 has germinated)
- Tropic Giant Hybrid (planted 12 in 6cells 9 have germinated)
- Carrots
- Danvers Half Long
- Mignon
- Corn
- Golden Bantam
- Cucumber
- National Pickling
- Spacemaster
- Melon
- Crenshaw
- Melon, Cantaloupe
- Hales Best Jumbo
- Onion
- Utah Yellow Sweet Spanish
- Red Candy
- Tokyo Long White (Scallion)
- Pea
- Lincoln
- Pepper, Hot
- Carolina Reaper
- Early Jalapeño
- Ghost Pepper (Chocolate)
- Greek Pepperoncini
- Habanero (Chocolate)
- Pepper, Sweet
- Cal Wonder
- Yolo
- Spinach
- Bloomsdale Longstanding
- Squash, Summer
- Black Beauty (Zucchini)
- Early Prolific Straightneck (Yellow)
- Squash, Winter
- Blue Jarrahdale (Pumpkin)
- Small Wonder (Spaghetti)
- Tomato
- Brandywine Black
- Gary Ibsen's Gold
- Golden Gem (Cherry)
- Rose Quartz (Cherry)
- Turnip
- Purple Top White Globe
- Watermelon
- Charleston Grey
