New Year, New Garden

I'm sure any reader of this blog knows this, but just in case...Zac and I (and Kirke) have moved to Wisconsin. We are looking for a house and a big yard so we can have a big garden. We really need a big garden now because Tracy (my mother-in-law) and I started seeds a few days ago. We planted 48 peat pots, some with the potential for multiple plants. I will be planting the majority of these plants, so I'm going to need a lot of space. Also, there were even more seed packets with seeds to be sown directly, many of which would ideally have an entire row. Talk about counting your chickens. There was nothing to be done about it, spring waits for no gardener, and when you can't plant your seedlings in the ground until May, you have to give them ample time to grow indoors first. I'm really not sure what I will do if we can't swing a large yard. There may be a community garden around here, so I'll probably try to utilize that and maybe expand on Tracy's garden as much as I can.

We planted the seeds (the kids helped too) a few days ago and already the cabbage and broccoli have sprouted. Also, my AeroGarden is growing like mad once again. Especially the basil, I'd say the basil is growing about and inch a day.

So check in on the progress, while we're waiting for planting time I'll be sure to take a few posts just writing about what we've planted.