Spring Jelly

Zinnias are sprouting. Lost 10 pounds. Reconnected with an old friend. Had a GNO. Going camping this weekend. And Audrey has discovered jelly. Spring is so awesome.

How does your garden grow?

Finished the gardens this weekend. We have a small vegetable garden of 5 tomato plants (2 Celebrity, 2 Beefmaster, 1 Sweet 100), 2 broccoli, 2 red peppers and 4 basil plants. I also planted rosemary, oregano, thyme, sage, and parsley. And we put a couple of tomato plants in a Topsy Turvy that someone gave us. I'm curious to see how those progress. I've never tried growing broccoli, so I'm curious about that too.

Down one side of the backyard fence, I sowed 12 varieties of zinnia seeds including: Persian Carpet, Scarlet Flame, Canary Bird, Violet Queen, Pastel Sunset, Envy, Peppermint Stick, Cactus, Oklahoma Mix, Lilliput, Mini, Exquisite. I'm afraid I put in too much seed and will have to do some thinning. It will break my heart if I can't find place for the seedlings.

On a walk last week, a neighbor gave us some trays of Dianthus and Marigolds leftover from Operation Brightside. I plugged the Dianthus in the front and the Marigolds in the side yard, where I am sure it is too shady--but we just don't have the room. I would love to have a much bigger garden. It took a lot of time to just get this new garden bed ready. We'll see how it goes this year and maybe expand next.