Spring's a comin'

I haven't blogged here in forever so here's a little catch-up. We moved from Whidbey Island Washington to Wickliffe, KY where we bought our first home. A super cute brick 3 bedroom, 2 bath with a big shop and 3 acres. And it's the 3 acres that I'm so excited about. 3 acres means a big garden! YAY!

We'll have two separate garden areas- each 25x25feet- connected by a path with an arched arbor where the beans will grow. It's going to look wonderful when it's all finished. I'm doing a lot of research on the best kinds of flowers and herbs to plant among the vegetables to deter unwanted visitors to the garden but also attract butterflies and bees. I'm very excited about getting started on it but with the weather the way it's been I haven't been able to do more than stake out the space.

We plan to have a little bit of everything growing this year, from artichokes to zucchini. I'm hoping I can get the hang of starting seeds and hardening off the starts. Usually I just buy plants from the nursery but I want to become as self sufficient as possible and start saving seeds from what I grow so that means learning all I can about starting plants from seed.

Here's hoping!