Who ordered this snow?

Woke up this morning to 3 inches of snow! Just when we thought spring had arrived.

Well technically, it is still "March". Maybe tomorrow we will be trading in the snow for rain.

Planting the seeds

Yesterday marked "day one" of our garden. We planted the seeds for all of the plants (flowers and veggies) that we will sow in the ground in late May.

We are using three "Greenhouse Germinadors". The seeds we planted were as follows:

Box A

• Row 1 = Basil


• Row 2 = Basil


• Row 3 = Basil


• Row 4 = Campanula - Meteroa & Delphinum Duet


• Row 5 = Campanula - Canterbury Bells


• Row 6 = Delphinium - Mexicalli

Box B

• Row 1 = Delphinium Duet


• Row 2 = Forget-Me-Nots


• Row 3 = Forget-Me-Nots


• Row 4 = Foxglove


• Row 5 = Foxglove


• Row 6 = Foxglove

Box C

• Row 1 = Lavender - Verea


• Row 2 = Lavender - Lady


• Row 3 = Lavender - Angust


• Row 3 = Lavender - Angust


• Row 5 = Zinnias


• Row 6 = Salvia & Zinnias

Planning the garden

Just spent the last week planning my new garden.

We recently moved from Tempe, AZ to Providence, UT. We bought a house with a large backyard. Since all it has is a couple of raspberry bushes... it's a blank slate.

This will be my very first garden. I am planning to have a large portion of it to serve as a flower garden. The garden will be in an "L shape" with the following dimensions: 30' x 30' (10 feet deep). The majority of flowers will be perrenials. The color scheme I went with with is: pinks & purple.

In addition, a portion of the backyard will also be used for: veggies, grapes, and fruit trees.

Here is the BEFORE photo of our backyard - Summer 2007 (before we bought the house):




Here are the flowers & veggies we have selected for our garden:

Flowers Garden

• Anemone - Coronaria --- from bulb



• Aster - Oceanstar Mix --- from seed



• Aster - Spring Bouquet Mix --- from seed



• Campanula - Meteora --- from seed



• Campanula - Canterbury Bells --- from seed



• Columbine - Mezcla Barlow Doubles --- from seed



• Cornflower - Tall Mixed Flowers --- from seed



• Dahlias - Assortment --- from bulb



• Delphinium - Blue Duet --- from seed



• Delphinium - Mezcla --- from seed



• Dianthus - Clavel ("Pinks") --- from seed



• Foxglove --- from seed



• Forget-Me-Not --- from seed



• Hollyhock - Summer Carnival Rosy Pink --- from seed



• Hosta --- from bulb



• Johnny Jump Up --- from seed



• Lavender - True/Angustifolia --- from seed



• Lavender - Lady --- from seed



• Lavender - Verea --- from seed



• Rose - Double Delight --- from plant (bareroot)



• Salvia - B lue Bedder (Sage) --- from seed



• Scabiosa --- from seed



• Shirley Poppy --- from seed



• Sweet Pea - Galaxy --- from seed



• Sweet Pea - Sweet Dreams --- from seed



• Sweet Pea - Senator --- from seed



• Sweet William - Tall Double Flowered Mix --- from seed



• Zinnia - Giant Violet Queen --- from seed

Still to be purchased as plants: Sweet Woodruff, Lambs Ear, Love-in-a-Mist, & Petunias

Vegetable Garden

• Basil - Mammoth --- from seed



• Beans - Bush Garden (Stringless Green Pod) --- from seed



• Carrots - Sweet Treat --- from seed



• Chives - traditional --- from seed



• Chives - Garlic --- from seed



• Corn - Sugar Buns --- from seed



• Leeks - American Flag --- from seed



• Lettuce - Butterhead --- from seed



• Lettuce - Vivian Romaine --- from seed



• Marigold - Sparky (flowers) --- from seed



• Nasturtium (flowers) --- from seed



• Onions - Large White Bunching --- from seed



• Onions - Parade (scallions) --- from seed



• Onions - Walla Walla --- from plant



• Peas - Super Sugar Snap --- from seed



• Squash - Straightneck --- from seed



• Squash - Winter Squash Medley (Butterbush, Early Acorn, Lakota, Spagetti) --- from seed



• Swiss Chard - Neon Lights --- from seed



• Zucchini - Spacemiser --- from seed

*** Still to be purchased as plants: Cucumber, Pepper, & Tomato