Spring Vegetable Garden 2007

Spring and soon-to-be Summer are here once again to play out another "vegetable gardening" chorus. And so the process began in early March with the first clearing of the winter garden and churning of the soil. This was the followed by a second April clearing and tilling. An early May harvest of the fall planted garlic and onions making space for the last of the Spring garden rows. So just this last mid-May weekend the final Spring/Summer garden 2007 tilling was done.

Each gardening task comes with an element of gratification. Needless to say, these tasks are more enjoyable in the mild and pleasant days of early spring than they are in the later spring when both humidity and temperature increases. The tasks are many and include - clearing remnants of previous crops, elimination of excess weeds, preparation of trellises and vegetable cages, seed plantings, mulching, etc. The eventual goal will be (hopefully) a bountiful harvest from the garden.

So after expending several weekends of prep work, the bulk of the spring garden has been planted. It's now time to focus on the second phase, the routine maintenance and the chores which come with the harvest... But, more about that in subsequent updates...