Another Year, Another Garden

My three raised beds, needing lots of love and attention.  Do you see the spring onions in the middle bed?

I really don't know what's wrong with me.  I'm ready for winter to be over, but not for spring to begin.  I'm feeling so off and I don't know why.  This year, I even thought to myself that maybe, just maybe, I might forgo having a garden.  Of course, there was still a little spark inside of me telling me that I must start my garden or else I will regret not having one by summer's end.  So, today I went out and cleared my garden beds.

My first time growing cabbage seedlings.

It was definitely a tough job, like every other year.  The good thing is that I've done so much weed removal in previous years and the fallen leaves (which I don't rake up in the fall) does a great job smothering any potential weeds.  Today, I cleared out and added compost to three of my four raised beds and to several of my in ground garden beds.  I still have two more in ground beds and a raised bed to clear out, but at least I got half of my garden finished.

The "after" picture of my raised beds.  The garlic is coming along nicely.

Today, I planted two squash plants, two zucchini plants, cabbage seedlings, basil, cilantro, turnips, carrots, peas, lettuce, and potatoes.  I still have to plant my tomato plants, but I have to wait for a couple of days (I have a specific way as to how I plant my tomatoes and I'm still gathering everything for the planting of my tomatoes).  I need to go look for some pepper plants, but that will be all I intend to plant.  I'm really scaling back on what I'm planting this year.

How's your garden coming along?  Did winter throw you for a loop too and you're not ready for a spring garden?