Mavis Butterfield | Backyard Garden Plot Pictures 4/5/15

Happy Sunday everyone!

It was a busy week in the garden {as well as inside with the remodel as well}. We had sunshine, rain, hail, and cloudy skies. Pretty much everything but snow. You know what that means, right? Summer is just around the corner, and let me tell you Bob, I am ready for it!

I don’t know what I’ll do with myself once my garden is all planted and the remodel is over. I may have to get a job or something to keep myself from going crazy busy.

We are still about 6 weeks away from setting our heirloom tomato plants out… so in the mean time I’ll be growing lettuce in our 3 large pots that sit just outside our kitchen windows.

Our 2 pots of peas are looking good… If all goes well we should be able to harvest these in early June. After the peas are harvested I’ll plant pole beans in their place. And then peas again after that for a fall harvest.

I planted a couple of packets of carrots seeds in the large planter behind our boxwood hedge a few weeks ago. No signs of the seedlings poking through the soil yet, but I’m thinking I should start to see them any day now.

And remember that giant island mulch in front of our yard? Well I spent $7 and planted the whole sucker with Marguerite Daisy seeds. Weeee! The best part? I didn’t have to ask for approval from the HOA. Or rather, I didn’t ask for approval. 😉 I figured it was easier {and cheaper} to plant the whole island with a flower that I love, than to spend hundred of dollars on shrubs and have to go through the whole approval process.

Marguerite daisies are a perennial here in the Pacific Northwest  so even in the winter time the ground will still be covered in green. Works for me!

I also planted a boatload of alyssum seeds along the garden path. Shhh. Don’t tell anyone.

The raspberry canes are looking good!

Oh, and a few weeks ago, I noticed there were a bunch of hostas popping through the soil on the side yard in between my new planted {secret} vegetable garden.

So I moved them to the front yard under the darkness of night. They are thriving. 

I also transplanted some rainbow Swiss chard seedlings to the front as well. I’m hoping the snoopervising committee won’t notice they are a vegetable and mistake them for some sort of exotic rainbow grass or something. We’ll see.

Basil! Clearly we have an overachiever in the bunch. It’s too early to plant basil outside just yet so I’ve just been picking basil leaves as they grow indoors and have been using them in recipes.

And last but not least… I decided to remove the worn cushion that was on the teak garden bench I scored last week at a garage sale. I think it looks perfect alongside the house. Now I just need to get those pots planted!

Have a great day today everyone,

~Mavis

This years garden is being sponsored by the awesome folks at Botanical Interests Seed Company. You can check out their website HERE, order their new 2015 Garden Seed Catalog, or see the seeds I’ll be growing in my garden this year HERE. 

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