2012 garden plans

My niece, Kristine, asked me on Facebook about my garden plans for this year and this is what I told her:

This warm March has kept me out playing in the dirt a lot! I have 2 raised beds with sugar and snap peas poking out of the ground, and waiting for the potatoes that will join them in the next couple of days. Another raised bed has spinach and kale that came thru the winter under glass, and are gorgeous and tasty. The reseeded greens are popping out too. One other raised bed is planted with onion transplants I ordered and also waiting for peppers and basil. The last raised bed will have tomatoes and marigolds. The squash patch will have zucchini and summer squash, as well as some winter squash and pumpkins, as will as green beans. The rhubarb is coming up, the peppermint in the big pot came thru the winter. I'll put some French thyme, parsley, and tarragon in other pots (the perennials don't always make it thru). The sage, oregano, and lavender in the front are still alive and kicking. My little raspberry plants made it thru the winter, and my strawberries did too. Not sure about the asparagus.

I need to go out and take pictures for my 2012 garden journal. Every year I discover new things to plant and give up on others, so it helps to keep track over the years. I've kept my garden plans on graph paper now for several years, and it's fun and helpful to see the layouts and seed/plant varieties I've used. I still get excited every time a seedling pops thru or a baby vegetable appears! Thank you Mother Earth!!!!