Spring 2010 Planting Schedule

This weekend is one we have been looking forward to all winter. Why?

This weekend, Febuary 6 & 7, is roughly 10 weeks from the average last frost in our part of Oklahoma, which means, it's the perfect time to begin planting our garden seeds indoors!

For Zac and I, this means we will plant:

February 6 (10 weeks out)
Rosemary
Lavender (maybe I can get it to take this year crossing fingers)

February 20 (8 weeks out)
Hot Peppers
Tomatoes
Rosemary - succession planting (keep sewing a few seeds each week in case first batch doesn't make it)
Lavender - succession planting

March 6 (6 weeks out)
Thyme
Spinach OUTSIDE
Hot Peppers - succession planting
Tomatoes - succession planting

March 20 (4 weeks out)
Thyme - succession planting
Spinach OUTSIDE - succession planting

March 27 (3 weeks out)
Sweet Peas OUTSIDE
Romaine OUTSIDE

April 10 (1 week from average last frost)
Sweet Peas OUTSIDE - succession planting
Romaine OUTSIDE - succession planting

April 17 (assuming we are frost free and the forecast looks good)
Basil OUTSIDE
Chives OUTSIDE
Cucumbers OUTSIDE
Green Onions OUTSIDE
Parsley OUTSIDE
Marigolds OUTSIDE (good to plant in a garden for plant pollination)
Sunflowers OUTSIDE
***These will be succession planted too

We are pretty excited about it!

It's time to start this thing!

We all started out eating what we put before us with no thought how it got there. Only until around 4 years ago did we, Zac and Abbey start to wonder why one piece of meat costs more than another. I always assumed that food preparation was a strict set of unbreakable rules that must be followed, or soppy vegetables would ensue. Over time, and through much experimentation, we have discovered that it is not so. The end product, food, is best understood by getting to know the raw product...plants and animals (we haven't forgotten you vegans...just not right now).

We invite you to join us on this adventure where we will catalogue our successes/failures/excitement/ambivalence in true-to-life culinary DIY in our itty bitty garden.