How Does Your Garden Grow?

I took a half-day off work and for fun I ventured all the way out to Gerten's. By "all the way out", I mean drove about 12 miles to Inver Grove Heights.

I had no idea Bachman's had any competition in the sprawling-garden-center department but I think Gerten's has 'em beat!

Seeds purchased include...

Vegetables

• Black Beauty Squash
• New England Pie Pumpkin
• Spacemaster Cucumber
• Sugar Snap Pea
  
• Super Sweet 100 Tomato
  
• Sweet Red Pepper
• Tendergreen Improved Bean
  

Herbs

• Chives
• French Rosemary
• Italian Flat Leaf Parsley
• Mammoth Dill
• Sweet Italian Basil

I've talked about putting in a boulevard garden for years. Last year the project actually got started... as evidenced in the top right of the above photo. It doesn't look like much but that's because it's still winter.

Phase 2 of the boulevard garden will begin promptly in June—with the killing of the grass shown in the above photo. I know it looks dead already but that's because it's still winter.

It's still winter.

I planted nearly 1000 bulbs last Fall-- the last of which required the assistance of hot water to allow digging through an inch of early December frost. Assuming the bunnies don't eat them all, there should be quite a show in the coming weeks.