I’m so excited that we are finally getting to the point that we are planting things. It has been over a year in this house and all we have done is rip out plants. While it has been nice to get a clean slate to work with, we like plants and the hubby is really good at not killing them….me not so much.
We did a little trip to Home Depot and came home with a bunch of seeds to get started. We plan on getting these planted in little pots to get the seedlings started while we work on building our raised garden beds.
Even the cats got a little present that we will be planting for them.
We have a few ideas we are throwing around for our raised gardens so I’ll share the plans and the progress once we get started. While playing on Pinterest, I mean doing research, I found this great site called SmartGardener. It is a free site that helps you set up your garden based on your location, time of year, and what you want to plan. Once you get your garden ready to go it even send you reminders to help you not kill your plants. My poor succulents could have used this site.
I hope the plans we have in the works will yield a nice little crop for us this year and that SmartGardener helps me be a better at not murdering plants. Only time will tell!
Are you planting anything this year? Have you already started and we are just getting a really, really late start?
PS – Home Depot and SmartGardener have no idea who I am so I have not been compensated for this post. Just sharing the resources I used to start our garden this year.
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I keep pondering an herb garden. Excited to see how yours turns out.
It’s too early to plant here. We’ve had a really warm spring but I’m still holding out until it’s safe..usually around Mother’s Day.
I really want an herb garden this year! I need to get on that!
Good luck! I’m still not sure if anything will grow, but it is kind of fun trying!
i really want to get a garden going- veggie and herb, but i don’t know if we will have time this year. the kids and i planted some flowers the other day though. 🙂 they love helping me dig and plant, especially the digging and finding worms part.
I just started seeds indoors the other day and I feel like I’m kind of late, but the local nursery guru says it’s not too late. So you should be fine, too. I have planted some heirloom tomato seeds that I’m super excited about, so I’m really hoping they sprout soon. Good luck your garden!
Planning does make the difference…although it is not as fun as the actual doing! 🙂
Thanks for the tip! I so need this! Good luck with your garden… I have faith in you!