blueyedkitty04's Blog

Beautiful seed day...
May 18, 2009 | 1:13 AM PST
Tags: vegetable , vegetable patch , veggies , seeds , flower seeds , sunflower seeds , vegetable seeds

Well, today was a truly beautiful day!  It was so warm out, and just a really enjoyable day. 

My daughter and I played out in the garden in the late afternoon after the storm clouds rolled in.  It didn't storm - only a bit of wind, and was still pretty warm, but the clouds were definitely the kind that some with storms. 

I decided to try and get some of my seeds into the back flower garden since I was thinking it was going to rain tonight (not happening yet...).  I have a few interesting things popping up in the back garden.  I think I have spotted 2 morning glories (from last years seed) and some sort of other flower from seed.  It is a big leafed sprout (like the size of a bean, cucumber, zucchini, etc.) and is possibly a sunflower but I am not sure and have no idea how it got there, unless I planted some out there and I don't remember (which is possible). 

I planted: 

Sweet Pea - Royal Family Mixed
Four O'Clocks - Marvel of Peru
Nasturtium - Jewel Mixed
Stocks - Giant Imperial Mixed
Cosmos - Sensation
Zinnia - Giant Dahlia
Sunflower - Lemon Queen
Sunflower - Velvet Queen
Sunflower - Helianthus Mixed Varieties

I still have a TON to get into the ground and am starting to feel way behind the eight ball now.  Before I felt I was way ahead of the game so much so that I had planted some seeds inside way too early, but now it's getting down to the wire and I HAVE to get them in for their fullest potential!  Especially the vegetables!

Vegetables I have to plan out and get in include:

Carrots
Bush beans (Green Pod Stringless)
Broccoli
Zucchini (oh how I want these to grow this year, I LOVE fried zucchini!)
Peas (Lincoln Homesteader)
Lettuce
Radish
Pumpkin (NO idea where I will be putting these, probably closer to my daughters "play area")
Tomato (4 different kinds, I don't know if any of them will successfully grow since I am planting them directly outdoors and not planting indoor starts because I am so behind, but it's a learning experience isn't it?  If they don't work out I will buy some extra tomato plants to fill the void...lol)
Dill (will probably plant it in with my mint, lavender, and lemon balm area, but not positive since it tends to look "messy" compared to flowers.)

The good news is that the vegetable patch is pretty much finished with soil amendments.  I think I want to mix in another load of horse manure (yeah, that is what I am trying this year, I will have to see how bad the weeds are and learn accordingly). 

When  I "draw" out my basic layout in the vegetable patch (tomorrow hopefully), I will post a picture up of it.  I hope to start planting seed tomorrow though, so I should have a layout planned by then.  Fingers crossed for me, I have to get this done!!

Anyway, more tomorrow I am sure.  It is supposed to be warmer than today even!  Oh-what fun!  I love spring/summer!  Sorry, no pictures today....

Have a wonderful week!!

~M~

P.S.  Thank you to everyone how commented on my last post about Wildflowers!  I just love sharing my pictures and love hearing back from you all!  Thank you!  I will look up the "Solomon's Seal" to see if it looks like it.  Also I will post another picture once it flowers (I think it flowers...).