Garden 2.0

Since yesterday was the first day of Spring, I decided to finally plant seeds in the garden. I was trying to wait for the last winter storm to blow through earlier this week- I hope I am not too late. I planted various types of sunflowers including Double Dandy, Tangina, Bashful, and a cutting mix blend. I can’t wait to see the Tangina as they are orange; I should be growing red sunflowers too. I also planted zucchini, bush beans, lavender, Chinese cabbage, lettuce, and a red basil. I can’t wait to see it all in bloom! Last week I bought over 15 planters at a garage sale and plan to grow flowers and succulents in those as well. A couple of weekends ago I scored at a garage sale and bought all the flagstone you see in the picture for $20! I am putting in solar lights for the pathway. The garden boxes are 8′ x 4′ each and filled with compost. In between the garden boxes is a path Peanut and I made from various rocks and pebbles. We had fun hauling the wagon back and forth the to the wash to get flat rocks . I hope to keep adding to the garden and make it a place I enjoy.

It sure does look a lot different from last year, my first garden:

I will post more pictures as the garden grows but here is how it looks now: