Does anyone have big garden plans this year? Small garden plans?
I started some pepper seeds 5 days ago. I keep watching them, expecting them to sprout at any moment.
This year I am most excited about a stand of black raspberries we planted last year. I hope they made it through the winter alright and give us an abundance for smoothies, tea, pies and fresh eating!
This year our orchard will be 4 years old and I am anticipating this to be the first year we get to harvest from them, even though the harvest will be small at first. You’ve got to start somewhere!
We also planted a bunch of fruiting shrubs- some a few years back and some last year. We are expecting a good harvest of currants and elderberries, and hope to see some fruit from the sand hill plums, choke cherries, gooseberries and Gogi berries.
I’m also excited that it is year 3 for our asparagus patch, because that is the year you can harvest them without holding back for the sake of root growth.
Our goal has been to create a “food forest.” It’s been fun to watch it fill in over the past few years. I wonder what it will be like in 10 more years.
Growing food brings my family a lot of joy and satisfaction. It’s very good for the soul.
Topic: How is Your Garden Doing? (Read 10534 times)