Getting Ready for Spring and Summer Gardening

It is hard to believe but we are now halfway through the month of April and I am getting “Spring Fever” even worse than before. I am just “itching” to get outside more and get my Spring and Summer gardening started. How about you?

Last year we had a total of 5 flower beds and 2 vegetable gardens here on our property. This year we are going to add one more flower bed and just have one very large backyard vegetable garden. In addition to the vegetable garden, we have an apple tree, 2 blueberry bushes and 5 raspberry bushes on our property.

We are thinking about adding 2 more blueberry bushes and 2 more raspberry bushes along with a dwarf pear tree. I am still researching the dwarf pear tree idea to see how easy that would be to grow and maintain. I wish we could grow citrus fruits here but we can’t. Hubby is considering adding a few grapevines next year.

As the Spring and Summer gardening season progresses I will share photos with all of you on how our gardens are doing along with some great gardening tips that we learn along the way.

Will you be planting a flower or vegetable garden this year? If so, what will you be growing? Do you have a green thumb? Got any tips to share with us?