a, strawberries, mint, and lavender in pots and boxes around our front porch, but I wanted to get down to some more serious gardening before summer arrived.My plan is to grow sunflowers and a pumpkin patch this year. Today we completed Phase 1:
Sunflower Row. Jeremy and I cleared a 5' x 1.5' plot on the south side of our house, dug a small trench along the center, and planted (organic!) sunflower seeds with 1' gaps between them. We may clear a larger area later, but for now, we should have 4 sunflowers germinating in two to three weeks and blooming by September.Next weekend we begin begin Phase Two: Pumpkin Patch.
2 comments:
I didn't know you had a garden! Awesome! You'll have to post pictures of it when everything is big and blooming.
We planted Russian Mammoth sunflowers (they grow 8-10 ft tall!) last year, but the birds ate all the seeds before they had a chance to germinate. I'm going to spread them around this year and hope they don't find them all.
What kind of pumpkins are you growing? I've had okay luck with Jack Be Littles & Rouge Vif d'Etampes (which I bought because they were described as "Cinderella-like"), but I've always wanted to grow giant pumpkins. And giant squash.
Basically, I just want a GIANT garden.
We haven't planted the pumpkins yet, but I'm planning on planting little pie pumpkins (Good for soup AND pie!). I'm waiting for Jeremy to mow the grass before I try to dig up another area.
I love the idea of your giant garden! I can just see you sitting on a pumpkin the size of a small European car.
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