After a couple weeks of snow fall we finally find ourselves thawed out, and our eyes are once again turned to spring chores and planting schedules. Thankfully we haven't seen any where near the kind of winter that our friends back east have seen. I honestly think our late snow fall was a blessing in disguise. Not only was it fun for the kids, but it also gave the local reservoirs a boost in what was otherwise a very dry winter.
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| Our front yard |
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| The fruit trees under a blanket of snow. |
Despite the snow outside, plenty is still growing inside under the grow light. |
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| The most recent plantings. A little bit of everything. |
And finally, in honor of obsessive micro managers everywhere I give you our family garden plan for 2014. I was able to put it together with a great free program at www.smartgardener.com. The site uses the principle of square foot gardening for creating the layout, and had the added bonus of giving us a baseline of plants needed to feed our family of 2 adults and 2 children. I highly recommend this tool if you're looking to maximize your garden space. Along with a number of 4' by 10' beds, I included a space for a three sisters planting (corn, squash & beans/peas) in the northwest (top right) corner. In the bottom left is the collection of cucumbers and melons that we will be growing out of pots on our sun deck.
Just 11 days until spring! Wooo!!
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