I know lots of people have been growing their seedlings undercover ready for planting out in spring, but not me. I just buy mine from the nursery or start from seed in the ground. It's just too much for me with two little ones & I have no real desire to do it.
What do I want to plant this spring? Here's my spring to summer garden last year.
Right at the start of spring- my first planting. I had several tomato varieties, climbing beans, cucumbers, pumpkin, basil, parsley, cucumbers & banana peppers.
All my tomatoes. I staked them with bamboo & soon learned that was a stupid idea! This year, I shall stake them properly.
Back in summer when my little baby was only 3 or 4 months old.
I successfully grew a big abundant bunch of climbing bean plants from seed last spring.
I grew so many gorgeous, perfect, mixed variety tomatoes last year, and then a big awful hailstorm hit & ruined them all. I was so sad, but this year, I shall grow them & eat them & it will be a good year!
My lovely next door neighbour shared her beautiful Passionfruit vine with me last summer (as a big part of it hangs over my side of the fence) I think I got around 80 passionfruits & they were devine. I even got to share them with my family. Hoping I might get them again this summer.
A lovely Passionfruit flower from last year
So that was last warm season, & now on to this year.This year I plan to grow several tomato varaieties again, peppers, beet root, capsicum, climbing beans from seed, eggplant, pumpkin from seed (I have seed from my husbands uncle's plants), zucchini, cucumber & some giant & dwarf sunflowers. I'll also pull out my parsley plant & re-plant using my Nonna's seeds she shared with me.
In pots I think i'll grow some basil, coriander, lettuce, mint & some pretty little chilli's & a few strawberry plants.
I'm going to sit down & draw up a garden layout & try & follow good crop rotation practices this season. Will do that later in the week.
Hope you are all enjoying spring,
Bel
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