Nothin' Fancy

s4xton:

gardeningontherun:

I spent the better part of a day earlier this week sketching out my garden for the upcoming season. The major considerations were crop rotation, sunlight, and results from last season. Also, I decided to have planters on the back deck for the herbs because of convenience.

Twin Cities peeps: If you’re interested in gardening, but don’t have the space or a yard at all, I recommend going to Yard to Gardens and posting there so you can get hooked up with somebody that has a garden. It’s what I did last year and how my garden ended up in Aaron’s yard.

Fun tidbit: We ended up getting on so well, that I determined that we’re in a gromance (like bromance, get it???!).

PS Despite the failure that was the cauliflower plant, I’m giving it another go. PSS I am not going to attempt to grow a watermelon plant, poser or otherwise.

This is what’s happening in the back yard of my Minneapolis home. Follow Gardening on the Run if you want to watch a garden grow on Tumblr this season.

This is the kind of garden organization I aspire to. This is only my second year of gardening, so I’m sort of flying by the seat of my pants anyway. I am in a seedling co-op, so everyone just starts one kind of seed and then we swap our seedlings to get 7 or 8 different kinds of plants, which is a great way to share your gardening experience with your friends and save a bunch of money. I did have the same problem with cauliflower and my gardening guru friend told me that cauliflower is nearly impossible to grow in MN without a greenhouse. Wish he would have told me that before it took up a row in my garden last year.