" In the spring, at the end of the day, you should smell like dirt." ~Margaret Atwood

we've gotten the main garden-area raked and fenced and basically,ready to go. the fence was the hardest part,since there are hundreds of thousands of huge rocks just below the surface just waiting for someone to TRY ANYTHING. rock farmers.

in the fall we started a small(about 10 plants,but we LOVE to use it) row of garlic. it's like bulbs. for 'best results' they should be put in in the fall.

we have yet to see if,in fact,the winters are too harsh for asparagus,since it takes a couple years before you start getting anything edible. now we're looking at sad little piles of potentially-dead asparagus plants,hoping that they survive.

we've got the starts-started and now we're waiting for fear of frost to put them in the ground.

we've also got it pretty-much mapped out, as far as taller plants and sun exposure and plants that need to climb on things,ect.

still planning out a couple separate spots(dirt mounds?) for things that have a tendency to try to take over and dominate the rest of the garden. these include,but are not limited to,cucumber,zucchini,pumpkin and squashes.

cucumber blossoms are the prettiest. wouldn't mind trying to come up w/a stuffed squash blossom recipe,this year...