April in the Garden
To everything there is a season and this is about the most beautiful time of year around these parts.
Baby lettuce and beet thinnings come together to form the first salad of the spring.
The kitchen garden got an extension this year because there is no such thing as too much growing space.
The potatoes are coming up in the background and the cardboard is where the winter squash patch is headed, Lord willing.
The warm weather crops are now in the ground – green beans, melons, summer squash, cucumbers. More squash still needs planting, however.
Mama went to the plant store. I knew this was not the year I would be able to get my own tomatoes, peppers, and eggplants started from seed back in January/February so this year I just gave myself some space and decided to buy from a local nursery we like. I could have spent hours picking through herbs, vegetables, and flowers but stuck to my list and my budget and am planting those today.
And friends, if you’ve spent years watching the Texas thrift stores for sunhats the size of 55-gallon trash can lids, we have something in common. I snagged this beauty for $2 last week and I pretty much won’t walk out the front door without it until November.
That hat looks perfect! I have never had luck finding hats in thrift stores. Probably, a good useful one like the one you found would often be used until it was worn out.
What a fabulous hat! That will really keep the sun off.
Wearable protection really is a must in the garden. I know I have a favorite sunbonnet I wear with a shoulder length curtain at the back.
I too realized I would be unable to start seeds in time for the the tomatoes, peppers, etc. I was trying to squeeze it in and totally stressing out. Then, I had a moment of Grace and remembered Im not a failure if I buy heirloom plants instead of starting them.