Getting the Garden Ready

Getting the garden ready has been slow going. We were out the other Monday and I was working on some of the flower beds while Tim cultivated the garden beds with the composting leaves we put on over the winter. The garden beds look great, but we still have a lot do with our flower beds. We have about 2,000 tiny trees growing in everything. We don't even know what kind of tree it is. We thought it was probably maples from the two bigs trees we have in front that leave whirly-gig's all over the place, but sure enough, the leaves have opened on these tiny trees and they aren't maple! I guess we have something new on our hands to figure out. Tim took a bunch from the beds and planted them in a little growing tray. They are growing well, but what are they? Huh. We still have our started seeds insides. They are doing well, but nothing like they were last year when we transplanted them in. If the weather is nice this weekend, I might bring them outside to acclimate a little bit. Usually I plant right before Memorial Day weekend, but this year Memorial Day is sooner than usual it seems. I'm going to have to play it by ear.

Rhubarb Update: It's coming in, but not even close to ready. I can't wait to harvest it and try something new! Have a good recipe, please e-mail it over! I still have some frozen strawberries from last (unbelieveable!), so something strawberry/rhubarb would be great too!