Ready, set, spring!

Spring is finally here!

I’ve been waiting ever so patiently for the sun to come out and the past couple of days couldn’t be more beautiful! Spring around the Clark household means one delightful thing….Crystal gets to play in the garden again!

While this may prove to be much more challenging than in years past because of our little bundle of joy, I was able to pull out a blanket, a few toys, and have my little man accompany me out in the backyard today to play. Toys were fun for a while but then we decided to play in the dirt and plant our first four rows of seeds in hopes that some of the early veggies will be able to outlast any additional frosts (our last frost date in Puyallup is not until May this year – ugh!).

Nathaniel inspects a handful of dirt before planting seeds.

Today we put one row each of radishes, beets, Swiss chard, and cauliflower into one of our raised beds. In addition, our hot peppers are begiining to flourish in the garden window. We tried these last year as well with not much luck but wanted to give them a go again since we've had huge success with jalapenos and serrano chilies in the past.

 The rhubarb starter I picked up at the Puyallup farmer's market last summer is taking off this year.

My next project is a 8X4 bean/cucumber/pea trellis. Matt took me to the hardware store this weekend to pick up the materials (2x2x8 boards and wire fencing material). I stained the boards with an oil based stain to protect the wood from the weather and insects and will hopefully be working on the construction soon!