The Gardening Chronicles: Planting

The tulips and cherry trees are blooming, the rain is starting to let up a bit and temperatures are getting warmer--time to get outside and start planting! This past few weekends have provided us with gorgeous sunny afternoons, during which we got to work weeding, composting, tilling and prepping the back garden bed for its summer crops. It's fairly small, so there was room enough only for a few: spinach, mache, Christmas limas, and leeks. (We have two other small beds to house the remaining crops, but they will require a lot more work to prepare, so I haven't even begun to tackle these yet.)

Here are a few pictures from our latest planting extravaganza:

Christmas lima beans. Unbelievably gorgeous.

Transplanting leeks: A work in progress.

A miniature leek!

My little "helper" (looks like she's about to steal away with that pot!)

I already feel a sense of accomplishment for the neat and tidy little vegetable plot that we have now established! Now let's just hope the seeds will germinate, the transplants will flourish, and we will be showered with a bounty of produce later in the season.