A Mother’s Journal

I’ve been wanting to post an update regarding the little vegetable garden we have.   My entire front yard is flowers, shrubs and herbs.  The backyard consists of backyard for the kids to play in as well as a small vegetable garden with a wire fence around it to keep dogs (and a run-away kick-ball) out. 

The veggie garden in back is nothing fancy, believe me.  I do what is affordable and fun and doable for me by myself.

I have done a tremendous amount of weeding.  Remember how much was in it before?

I pulled out about 2000 garlic chive plants, a large rambling raspberry bush, some sage that had gotten woody, some bronze fennel, and some weeds.  Yes, some of those things were useful.  I did harvest the sage a while back, and we loved the raspberry but it was taking over this small spot.  I am sure there are still pieces that will send up growth again.  Meanwhile, I’m thinking of a place to transplant the raspberry shoots when they emerge. 

I’m picturing greens and lettuces.  What about you?

Actually, I found quite a treasure of a book a couple of years ago when Hubby and I got away for a weekend together.   It’s called The Gardener’s Calender for South Carolina, Georgia, and North Carolina by Robert Squibb, first published in 1787. 

It tells literally what to do, month by month, to bring forth food from a kitchen and/or vegetable garden. 

For this month, there is much information that I plan to think over and implement into my garden work.  I tried last year, did get carrots in a winter month without even remembering they were in the ground, and this year I plan to try even harder!  I will keep you posted on my success.  (Let’s be positive here.)

There’s nothing like fresh food from the garden to keep one motivated to plant and hoe a little more.

Lynn