Two weeks of growth

In just two shorts weeks my seeds have come to life and are loving the warmth in the house.
Pumpkins

Butternut Squash

Tomatoes:

Cucumbers:

(only one has joined us)

Corn (oh yes, I am really going to do it this year)

They have all been moved to their new home in a recently purchased Greenhouse from Fred Meyer

Matthew and I put this together all by ourselves

A new favorite spot for my cat Malibu

Today was also a busy day as Michael took out our hedges that have divided the garden and our yard for the past 8 years. This new spot will be my trial spot for growing corn!! I am soo excited..

Today I worked another bed and now the romaine lettuce and beets are planted. I would like to do some broccoli but it may have to be in a different bed. 

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Still have a few more weeks until I can start my carrots as it is still chilly overnight.. I am excited for a good growning season!!

Nasty weather makes me wish for the warm summer

The weather today is just plain old Nasty. Cold, pouring rain and windy weather could have made me depressed but instead it made me look forward to the warm weather to come.
This means time to get the seedling started so they are all ready to be planted when the weather warms up.
Once this rain stops I am going to start direct sowing my peas and my lettuce and broccoli as these are cool weather vegtables.
The seeds I am starting today are for warm season vegtables and have a longer growing season so they need to be started earlier so they will be ready before it starts to turn cold in the fall.

Matthew was my awesome helper but to try to get picture of him was almost impossible.

We planted tonight:
Corn, Lettuce, Tomatoes, Cucumbers, Sweet Pea Flowers (hoping to have a pretty trellis with them), Walla Walla Onions, Butternut squash, and Pumpkins.

There is much more to come!

Pepper Time

I am so excited to start this season! My kids are a year old and that  means a little more help for this Wanna Be Farmer.

March is a great time to get the cool season veggies going outside and the hot season veggies started inside. This week we tried out a cool idea that I got from "of course" Pinterest. Using Milk Jugs as a mini greenhouse. Matthew and I planted Peppers in the milk jug on March 8th, 2012 and now it's sitting happily in our bay window.

Milk Box Greehouse Idea

I am keeping my fingers cross that this year will be alot better than last year for gardening. Let's keep our fingers crossed for warm and dry weather all season long. Hopefully that will help with the pumpkins we are planning on growing.

Happy Gardening!