Early June

Still early in the growing season. Applied fertilizer for the first time today. 

Will never again start cucumbers, melon, pumpkins and squash inside again.

They all hated the transplant!

East bed

Spinach 

 Peas

Still struggling cucumbers 

brussel sprouts 

Potatoes in the est bed 

Middle Bed 

 Tomatoes

 Onion jungle

East bed 

Potato bag 

Cabbage taking over in front of broccoli 

Peppers and carrots

 Herb grow bag

Lettuce box

Vegetable Seeds Planting Dates for Denver 2013

Crop	Start Seeds Indoors	Moon-favorable Dates	Start Seeds in the Ground	Moon-favorable Dates
Beans			Apr 30-May 14	May 9-14
Beets			Apr 9-May 21	Apr 9
Broccoli	Mar 4-19	Mar 11-19	Apr 9-16	Apr 10-16
Brussels sprouts	Mar 4-19	Mar 11-19
Cabbage	Mar 4-19	Mar 11-19	Apr 23-May 7	Apr 23-25
Carrots			Mar 26-Apr 9	Mar 28-Apr 9
Cauliflower	Mar 4-19	Mar 11-19	Apr 23-May 7	Apr 23-25
Celery	Mar 4-19	Mar 11-19
Corn			May 14-21	May 14-21
Cucumbers	Apr 2-16	Apr 10-16	May 7-14	May 9-14
Lettuce	Mar 19-Apr 2	Mar 19-27	Apr 23-May 14	Apr 23-25
Melons	Apr 2-16	Apr 10-16	May 14-21	May 14-21
Onion sets			Apr 2- 9	Apr 2- 9
Parsnips			Apr 9-30	Apr 9
Peas			Mar 19-Apr 2	Mar 19-27
Peppers	Mar 4-19	Mar 11-19
Potato tubers			Apr 30-May 14	Apr 30-May 8
Pumpkins	Apr 2-16	Apr 10-16	May 7-14	May 9-14
Radishes			Apr 23-May 7	Apr 26-May 7
Spinach			Mar 19-Apr 2	Mar 19-27
Squash, summer	Apr 2-16	Apr 10-16	May 7-14	May 9-14
Squash, winter	Apr 2-16	Apr 10-16	May 7-14	May 9-14
Tomatoes	Mar 4-19	Mar 11-19

My hibernating garden

I have just started to feel a little bit of garden fever. the Territorial Seed catalog showed up in the mailbox a couple of weeks ago. I went out yesterday, which turned out to be a gorgeous sunny warm winter day to take a peek at the beds.

Still some snow that refuses to melt in the Northern shade.

I put my beds to winter by pulling everything (well except some baby purple onion who decided to actually grow at the end of the season and the parsley). Then I sprinkled on a thin layer of Kathy's worm compost and topped it off with grass clippings and mulched leaves.

Nothing too exciting at all happening to the naked eye. I'm hoping all kinds of wonder microbial things are happening (or will happen) underneath the surface.

I ran across a nice quote that I am embarrassed to admit where I found it. "Gardening is a way of showing you believe in tomorrow"...straight off a paper towel. Lol