Giving a thumbs up to the start of gardening season

Kerry A. Thompson

There may be snow on the ground here in New England, but it will be mud season before we know it. We decided to get our seedlings started today. The process went a lot faster with a year's experience behind us.

We needed to purchase potting soil, but saved money this year using seeds and supplies we purchased last year, so it was easy to get going quickly.

​Last year was our first year of trying our waist-high gardening carts and we went a little overboard. ​We tried to squeeze as many plants as possible into the space we had, but many were shaded out and didn't do very well.

​So we're learning from our mistakes and putting in fewer plants so each plant gets more sun and we are looking for better yields from fewer plants. We're also spilling out into the backyard because we wanted to grow potatoes again and didn't have the room in the garden carts.

​We also planted Music Garlic from High Mowing Organic Seeds last fall, a new crop for us this year. Due to the number of cloves that came in the package, we have more than one garden cart devoted just to garlic. Looks like we'll be singing garlic's praises all summer long!