progress on the spring garden

Well, I did not get the garden finished and planted Friday. It was still pretty windy and so I opted to dig up the sow thistle starting at the house and working my way back. Filled the wagon and then some. Made it almost to the far flowerbed and then Marc mowed Saturday getting the rest of them. What I did get done yesterday was little stuff. First I picked up all the downed limbs and branches at the back of the property and tossed it all into the wild space so that Marc could mow back there. Then I mixed a tub of potting soil, compost, and some landscaper’s mix and got my nasturtium seeds in starter pots. 

They’ll go amongst my tomato plants. Then I went to the feed store and got five tomato plants (I plan on three more) 

and another bag of diatomaceous earth because I’m still chasing ants out of a different flower bed where I want to scatter my zinnia seeds.

Then I went to Tractor Supply (yes, I know, but I have few choices here) and got a basil plant and seed packets.

By then it was time for a late lunch and I fixed us tostados with refried beans, cheese, guacamole, lettuce, tomatoes, and sour cream.

After lunch I sectioned out a spot to plant the carrot seeds turning the dirt and adding fertilizer and landscaper’s mix 

and then my grandson came over with Paisleigh just as I was finishing that. Paisleigh helped me put stuff away and then we watered all the plants in pots on the driveway and the little backyard and after that I was done and walked her across the street and back to her dad.

The goal today is to get the fertilizer and landscaper's mix turned in the rest of the garden area, get the carrot seeds in the ground, and get the squash, cucumber, jalapeño, and green bean seeds in starter pots but a cold front blew in last night and it’s overcast, a little breezy, and chilly outside so maybe not.

edit: The day warmed up some though still a bit chilly especially in the wind but the sky was blue with puffy white clouds, low humidity so I got my seeds planted in their starter pots and got fertilizer and landscaper’s mix turned into the garden area. I still need one more bag to finish and then decide where I’m going to put what in the space and in the small raised bed. I did not get the carrots seeds in though. Going to be in the 30s tonight so I brought in my trays of little pots.