February is also the time to start seeds in the raised beds, so weekend before last we went out and filled the boxes with seeds, trying a bunch of new lettuces and greens this year, and even purple carrots! It's my goal to get more out of the garden this year, without expanding beyond the beds we have (except the blueberry bed we've been planning to install since last year).
We planted our seed potatoes, Red, Russet, and Yukon Gold. We love the Yukon Gold and have had great success with them before, but we added Red and Russet potatoes for some variety this year.
We also planted dill, carrots, broccoli, spinach, arugula, marjoram, parsley, cilantro, oregano, onions, rosemary, savory, and 7 different kinds of lettuce! We filled the beds that will house peppers and tomatoes later this summer with short-harvest lettuces, so they can do double duty for us this year.
I'll admit, it looks like we went a little crazy with lettuce, but it's the easiest veggie to grow and use, so we picked a bunch of new varieties to try, and we figure we'll re-order the ones that become our favorites.
Hopefully this warm weather sticks around and we see some starts soon!
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