How does your garden grow?

So I have had a small 4x12 garden in front of my parents yard for 4 years now. It has become quite the passion. I love to watch things grow, and having fresh food without the pesticides and such has been great. Although I will be the first to admit everything that  I have done is all by trail and error.

I know that while I can grow strawberrie plants the reality of my eating strawberries is none. I know that if i dont watch the spearmint it will spread and crop p every where. I also know that i like growing pumpkins, but then i like eating pumpkins.

I started growing my veggies already here is a photo from about 5 days ago

Some things were growing, mostly the lettuce, raddisshes, and turnips. and then only five days later its already blooming. I'm hoping to have most if not all of this in the ground by the begining to may. I'm having to wait until I know it wont frost over anymore. Of course Colorado weather cant make up its mind. It has been a really tame and dry summer so i'm sure that a week after i plant everything in may will get 3 feet of snow and i'll have to start over again....

If you have any tips or tricks you would like to share, or perhaps questions please feel free to comment below and i'll try and get back to you. One thing though is i planned my garden using, Gardners' Supply   which has a garden planner, you give them the size and by square foot they you can lay out what to plant and were.

what it looks like as of yesterday 4/19/2011

shock

I found out a few days ago that a friend from middle and high school was killed in a head on car crash. I think i'm still in shock over this because as some one in their 20's you dont expect friends to be visited by death.

That is a downside to living in the world of mass communication is that no one communicates. She moved away to boston after highschool and I hadn't heard from her until will hooked back up on facebook a few months ago.  while we friended each other we hadn't had a chance to talk. Their is a lot that I wish i could tell her, like how she was a great friend. Her and her twin sister were good to talk to and how supportive that they were. I am thankful thought, because after seeing the car wreck photos I know that their was no way she would have suffered let alone known what hit her.

other than this bump in my road, i have a new plan for my freelance art work and have already put it into motion. I hoping to have all this figured out so that by the end of the year not only will my finances be enough to cover moving out and supporting my self, but so that I will be able to do more and attend conventions and continue to get my art work and my self out into the world.

Until all this sets in I will be looking either for a full time job or a part time job to help out with my other part time job. And I will also be hanging out with friends a lot more, which translates into being a very busy bee.

Something else that will be taking a lot of my time will be my garden. I cleared all the weeds and dead plants out a few days ago. I'll be adding some manure to get everything ready for later planting. I will also be starting many plants inside so that I can have crops from the beginning of summer to as late in fall as possible.

Write to you later