“I might plant some seeds today.” My husband looks confused. “In the literal sense.” “Oh…”
With the hot, dry summers we have here in Reno, growing cooler-weather vegetables like spinach or lettuce must be done in early Spring or Fall. I have always wanted to try growing some of these cooler-weather veggies, but have not been on the ball early enough to get it done. This year I finally managed to get some planted!
Here is what I did today:
I prepared the garden beds by amending them with:
Dr. Earth Organic 5™ Tomato, Vegetable & Herb Fertilizer 5-7-3
Master Nursery Bumper Crop (organic compost)
E.B. Stone Organics Soil Sulfur (to make the soil more acidic – we have very alkaline soil)
I planted quite a few seeds!
Arugula
Lettuce
Spinach
Beets
Parsnips
Swiss Chard
I will probably plant more arugula, spinach and lettuce in a few weeks to extend the crop.
The Freshly Planted Beds
I have purchased seed potatoes, but will wait to plant them in a few weeks.
I can’t wait to see some sprouts come up! Anyone else getting some planting done?
From Scratch 
Great work Karen. I think you will be very happy with the results. There is so much you can do with all of those greens. Enjoy!
Maureen
You are going to have a bumper crop, Karen! What wonderful choices. I need to get my beds prepared, so you are way ahead of me there. Now you are inspiring me!
I hope I have a bumper crop! This is my first time growing most of these veggies, so we’ll see!
Sounds like so much fun! I wish we had a garden. Living in a third-floor walk up in DC, far enough away from any community garden to prevent involvement, certainly presents an obstacle to that desire. We hope to move to a house soon and a garden is my first priority!
I can relate – one of the very first things I did when we bought our house was start the garden!