Spring is here!

It's finally here. Spring!...and all it's...coldness. I never realized how long it remains cold when you want the weather, i.e. sunshine, to reign in all it's glory. I've never looked forward to heat or summer for that matter. But, since I've taken such an interest in gardening...I can't wait. Yesterday we had a major rain. I'm a bit in shock since about a couple of weeks ago it seemed like summer wanted to take over. Today, it's overcast with a few bouts of sun. I can't wait to check in on my new plants. Speaking of plants,

I've purchased many new varieties to add to my garden.

*Orange Tree

*Avocado Tree

*Lemon Tree (I have a mini lemon tree.)

*Another Blackberry plant

*2 Blueberry plants (they say to plant 2 different varieties for better production.)

*2 Grape vine plants

*6 Strawberry plants

*1 Habanero plant

*1 Spearmint plant

*1 Peppermint plant

"My latest additions. Avacado tree, Blueberry plant, Lemon tree and Orange tree."

"My Avacado tree upclose. So pretty!"

"Eureka Lemon tree! Dare I say Lemonade!"

"I'm so excited this Orange tree has new leafage already!"

"Blueberry pie anyone?"

I'm not proud of the fact that I didn't grow these plants from seed, but when it comes to trees and vines, I'm ok making an exception. It takes SO long for them to grow. And, maybe they haven't been treated organically during their beginning life stages...but they will be now. lol

Welcoming in the Spring,

Monica ;0)

Blackberry Delights!

Having big dreams of growing blueberries, rasberries, stawberries and any other kind of delicious berry in my backyard has been a realization in far reach. Berries were the first plants I looked for when gathering purchases of seed varietys. (mostly vegetables) To my dismay, I was unable to find any berry seeds. Experienced gardners are probably chuckling about now since they probably know that these berries are not sold in the same fashion as say vegetable seeds. And, they are not sold all year long.

I was SO excited to find blackberry and 2 kinds of raspberry plants on sale at Orchard Hardware Supply! I also found strawberries for sale...10 plants in a bag of soil for $4.50ish. I was dissapointed to see how expensive stawberries were, yet at the same time I was excited to see how they were sold. The blackberry plants and raspberry plants were $6.49 each. I grabbed a blackberry plant and plan on going back for the raspberry plants later.

I was also excited to find that OHS carried watermelon radish seeds. Until today, these were seeds that seemed non exsistant. So, I grabbed a bag of the dainty seeds, with much enthusiasm, for planting this summer.

My garden find for the month!

"This plant is already 2 years old!"

"I have a recipe for these already!"

Berry Wishes,
Monica ;0)