Planting season

Hello everyone, spring is finally here. Spring means outdoor cleaning and planting for me. It is excitting, I spent last weekend planting my vegetable garden with family. It is so rewarding to see your own vegetable garden produce. Yes it is hard work but it is so rewarding in so many ways. What better than your own organic vegetables, straight from the garden to your plate. Doesn't get any fresher than that:-). This year we expanded my vegetable garden and here is the list of vegetables planted:

Tomatoes

Romaine lettuce

Swiss chard

Kale

Celery

Spanish onions

Onion Chives

Garlic chives

Hot peppers

Potatoes

Beans

Cucumber

Zucchini 

Eggplant

Brussels sprouts

Corn

Parsley

Spinach

Yeap, that's all for this year. It has been a week since we planted and all vegetables are adapting well to soil and weather :-). I was a bit skeptical of my soil this year since it's a new area and the soil was only prepared last fall. But my veggies are adapting pretty well.

Asides from planting I also pruned all my apple and pear trees a couple of weeks ago. Unfortunately our canadian frost only left a couple of weeks ago. But looking forward to great sunny days.

I will be adding pictures of my vegetable garden sometime this week. 

My father has always grown his own vegetable garden. He is a wonderful father and an expert teacher. I love listening to all his advice on what and how to plant. He also shares all of his planting strategies that he's adapted through out the years, and all the tales of gardening from back home, Portugal. It's not only soothing to garden but to hear old stories that fill my soul with laughter and memories. 

One thing I learned quickly you can't change an old habit, your elders are always right lol, so they think :-).

Well that's all for today. I promisse I will post pictures of my garden very soon, till than hope you have a great weekend.