SPRING TOUR | Kitchen Garden | Zone 8b

Hello sweet peeps, and welcome!
Here in the southeastern part of my Zone 8b, it’s ‘go time’ for planting in our gardens!! Right now, my hubby and I feel like we are behind this year with some of our gardening goals. How about you? Are you planning to garden this spring? Please share in the comments below.

So, here we go! Usually, by early February, we are already working in our veggie garden, but this year we got a late start!

Tidying up the Garden for Spring

The first thing we did to tidy up the garden space was to pressure wash the fence, and house siding, which both face the garden. Now was the time before our veggie garden was in full swing. It seems every year we need to pressure wash the house, and the fencing was long overdue.

• 

• 

• 

Bed prep and planting

Tomato Transplants

Next, we did some weeding and bed prep for our transplants. I like to place the tomato cages in our beds before my hubby starts his planting. Doing so allows more space for the tomato plants to grow. He always wants to pack them in the garden bed way too close together.

Speaking of tomato cages reminds me of a favorite blogger and her blog post for DIY wooden tomato cages. Be sure to let me know if you make them! Here’s the link: https://www.ellaclaireinspired.com/diy-tomato-cage-sturdy-and-inexpensive/

Also here’s a link for more information about spacing your tomato plants in a raised garden over at Slick garden.com https://slickgarden.com/tomato-in-4×4-raised-bed/

Seed Potatoes

Right after our tomato bed prep, we prepped our containers for planting our seed potatoes. 2021 will be our first year to grow Irish potatoes in containers. So we will see! Do you have a container garden?

Bell Pepper Transplants

We finished our first weekend of March 2021 by planting our bell pepper transplants. My hubby loves growing bell peppers since we use so many of them. It is very convenient to have a well-stocked freezer of chopped bell peppers when cooking our meals!! How about you? Do you keep chopped veggies in the freezer?

Thank you for stopping by our little corner of the web. There’s just so much more to catch you up on in the garden—for instance, the seeds we planted and the spring decor we purchased. Do you love to buy seeds as much as we do? If so, what did you buy? How about spring decor for the garden? Please share your fun finds.

Hopefully, we can make this a regular thing! See you soon!
Best Wishes and Keep digging,
Dana