We are at our urban rental property and we are springing into Spring.
We are shaking off the winter’s stagnation and jumping right into spring projects, starting today.
This is the first year that we have tulips and other bulb flowers, and an agreeable property manager who is mostly indifferent to our homesteading apirations. This is our first growing season here at this property.
Last fall we planted tulips, irises, crocuses, and hyacynth, and now we are enjoying spring blooms.
The hyacynth are fragrant and perfuming the whole front of our property, and our tulips are bright pops of color in our front garden beds.
We are feeling renewed and encouraged by our festive Spring growth and energized to begin planting more bulbs and produce for our market garden.
Today we accomplished a multitude of projects, and look forward to week of mild weather ahead of us. A warm, humid week, perfect for germinating seeds.
We planted two dozen gladiolus for a cut flower and leisure garden.
We also planted 21 pumpkin seeds of our favorite varieties; Jarrahdale, Fairytale, Ghost, and Jack.
We planted nearly 50 square feet of wildflower and butterfly and humming bird mix in our front flower beds and a road bordering flower bed.
We have plans to plant at least 150 more gladiolous corms, zinnias, spring garlic, several varieties of squash, melons, tomatoes, peppers, beans and lettuces.
Today was the start of a season’s long project set to end with a beautiful, bountiful harvest.
The Holistic Family 