I love when it is time to garden again. \u00a0I enjoy having a garden, \u00a0tending the garden, photographing the garden, and best of all harvesting the garden. \u00a0This is my second season using the two large raised beds my hubby built me last year. \u00a0We have had so much rain that it has been hard to get things started but we did get the soil turned over and most of the veggies planted. \u00a0I have a few more to put in and some patio tomatoes to plant since I accidentally bought too many tomato plants. \u00a0One can never have too many tomatoes so I bought some patio containers and will grow them there.<\/p>\n

I also am growing my herbs in containers on the deck. \u00a0Last year I had my basil, parsley, peppermint, spearmint and oregano in the garden but this year I put it in pots. \u00a0I am still in the process of transplanting the perennial and spreading mint from the garden to the containers because of the rain thwarting my best efforts. \u00a0The local nursery did not have the zucchini and yellow squash plants in because of the rain, so I will have to try next weekend for them. \u00a0I did manage to plant a variety of tomatoes like big boys, beefsteak, early girls, cherry, yellow heirloom, and probably at least another variety I am forgetting. \u00a0I did not plant any hot peppers this year because I did last year and my husband who they were for did not eat them but ate the sweet peppers. \u00a0So now I have a great variety of sweet peppers like sweet cherry peppers, sweet banana peppers, and a variety of purple, green and red bell peppers. \u00a0I have purple and white eggplants, cucumbers, butternut squash, jack be littles, Howden pumpkins, blue lake green beans and sugar snap peas.<\/p>\n

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In the herb department I planted rosemary, cilantro, oregano, sweet mint, peppermint, spearmint, basil, thyme, dill, lavender, Italian parsley, and probably a couple of others that I am forgetting right now.<\/p>\n

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I am planting rhubarb for the first time this year, and we are starting a variety of grapes as well. \u00a0 We would have everything planted if the rain would stop but we are doing what we can and we are not that behind.<\/p>\n

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