the 2012 garden planting has begun!

On Saturday the Hubster and I spent the afternoon and a few hours in the evening beginning to plant our garden.

I didn't take any pictures for you guys because it's just bare soil with some seeds at this point in time.

We managed to plant the following items in our raised beds:

Danvers Carrots
Red Acre Cabbage
Golden Acre Cabbage
Arugula
Bloomsdale Long Standing Spinach
Parris Island Cos Lettuce

And these we planted in our plastic tote box "greenhouses":

Snowball Cauliflower
Rosso Sicilian Tomatoes
Di Ciccio Broccoli
Buran Peppers



This part is an experiment for us. If it works, it's sheer genius because we don't have to use grow lights and can start our own transplants outdoors. If not, we'll end up buying some transplants from the greenhouse this year. I just didn't feel like setting up the grow lights and clearing space in our basement. Besides, even with the grow lights our transplants started indoors are always spindly and have weak stems. Clearly we do something wrong.

Items we have planned, but not yet in the ground:

Thyme
Cumin
Lemon Balm
Cilantro
Genovese Basil
Sweet Curly Parsley
German Chamomile
Oregon Sugar Pod Peas
Evergreen Bunching Onions
Early Wonder Tall Beets
Purple Top White Turnips
Bulbing Trieste Fennel
Bleu of Solaize Leeks
Double Yield Cucumbers
Black Beauty Zucchini
Table Queen Acorn Squash


Perennials we already have planted from previous years:

Raspberries
Strawberries
Rhubarb
Blueberries
Apple Trees
Mint
Greek Oregano
Marjoram
Sage
Rosemary
Lavender
Echinacea
Lamb's Ear

Another new thing for us to try this year is keeping an online gardening journal. In years past I just posted here in the blog or wrote things in a notebook. This year I'm trying out Smart Gardener in addition to keeping my notebook. You can see my garden plan here and my journal here.


here's a screen shot of part of our Smart Garden garden plan

Do you keep a gardening journal? Is it paper or electronic?