Planted Today - April 23

RAISED BED (afternoon sun)

 From left to right...

Back row (closest to house): Mystery bean (Olivia's preschool project, I have no info on other than it's a "bean"); snap peas; green beans



Middle row: Open half for seedlings still at Karen's house; cherry tomatoes

Front row: Strawberry; cucumber; strawberry; pickling cucumber (repeat)

Left corner: Garlic 

Left side length: Asparagus; cauliflower*

Right corner: Cauliflower*

Right side length: Brussels sprouts*

LOW BED (morning sun)

Random pattern** of pumpkin, yellow squash and zucchini

WINE BARREL #1 (afternoon sun)
(not pictured)
Cross pollinating blueberries; one is mid-season, one is late-season; will not let fruit until next year in order to establish roots


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*I think, Ian ate my plant markers 
**the result of planting with a 4-year-old

What's in a name?

"I never knew dirt could be so pretty!" I exclaimed burying my bare hands in a wheelbarrow full of topsoil my husband had just delivered to the backyard. It was my first purchase of a cubic yard of topsoil. A deep rich mahogany-colored topsoil to be exact.

No bags, no potting soils, no containers. It was 30% compose, 10% sand and 60% dirt and it was all mine! I felt like a real gardener in that moment. And since a blog titled "feels-as-good-as-it-looks dirt" was a mouthful, I knew I must name my gardening adventure journal (okay, blog) Pretty Dirt.


Now, if I can just manage not to kill anything...