Jananas

Our garden has changed so much in the last month. From a veritable wasteland of poor soil and gravel to view of lush green plants. We’re not there by a long shot, but the progress that’s been made is heartening.

We hired someone to do all the real, hard work. He dug something like 20+ bags of manure into our teeny tiny yard and got things prepped so that we could plant. He and Jason built a raised bed for veggies, over top of a giant pile of gravel/rocks that rendered the space unusable.

We planted quite a bit (and took several trips to the garden centre) and transplanted some stuff from my parents’ yard. The never ending rain in April/May helped out quite a bit as well, saving us from having to water and helping the little plants grow. We have some food planted, although our choices are limited as the yard doesn’t get a lot of sunlight (due to big trees and lots of houses).

We have boston lettuce and collard greens in our raised bed, along with chives, parsley, and onions. We have garlic along the fence that was planted last fall and all came up. We have mint and chamomile in planters. We have sage, rosemary, lavender, and lemon verbana out in the front yard. We transplanted violets and ferns from my parents. We also bought lots and lots of ground cover, and even then it’ll still be a year or two until the soil is totally covered.

We even have three little wild strawberry plants that were accidentally transplanted last year and somehow survived. We repotted them and they are doing so well that we may need to separate them out into their own pots. One of the plants had 6-7 flowers earlier this month, so we’re looking forward to our very own haul of urban strawberries.

What do you have in your garden? What green things are you excited for?