Transplanting

Now that the rain and cold has ended, I am getting ready to plant! I heard that Farmer's Almanac said April 15th was the last frost in our area. Woohoo!

 Each year I swear I'm going to start all my plants from seed, but once I walk into Wyntour Gardens and see their starts, I can't resist!

My garden isn't quite ready yet so we transplanted all of the starts into bigger pots, using some of my existing soil and some Black Gold Potting Soil, from Lassen.  This allows the plant to grow bigger without becoming root-bound. 

(Thanks for the help Tiff and Britt!)

While the garden is being prepped, the plants can soak up the sun in my ghetto-greenhouse. Half of me is embarrassed, but the other half is so impressed with myself!

Here is the beginning of my garden! 

The babies will stay warm and cozy until they are put in the garden.

Weeding

My garden has been neglected since last fall...

This was actually about a month ago. The weeds took over after this... like 3 foot high and solid! It was a royal mess. We put down a thick weed fabric with mulch on top last year, and it worked great, but I wish I would've pulled the fabric right after the season ended. The weeds grew through the fabric once all the mulch started decomposing this spring, creating a huge tangled sheet. 

Last Sunday, after church we decided to tackle it.

Many hands make light work, so I enlisted Reese, Wyatt, Matt, Kaity and her friend Morganne. It made a terrible job fun and a great learning experience! 

 

Job complete! Now we have to pull up fabric, bring in a layer of mushroom compost from Lassen, spread and rototill. After that we will be ready to plant!