Planting in the Rain

Planting in the Rain, Just planting in the rain. What a glorious feeling.....to have mud caked to my shoes.

It is a beautiful Spring here in Northern Utah. Sure people are complaining about the rain but come on folks remember where you live, it won't be long until it is so dry that we'll be begging for rain.

I've found over the last several years of gardening that you really can't wait til it stops rain to put your garden in, by then it is to late. We have been running out for 15-30 minutes a day digging in the mud, planting in the rain & between rains. People are surprised when I say we have peas about an inch up out of the ground. Our onions and garlic growing happily. Cabbage, broccoli, brussel sprouts, cauliflower, bokchoy and red & russet potatoes planted. Indoors we have tomatoes , zucchini, squash, a wide variety of beans, and peppers waiting a few more days before they can go out. (We will still get at least one more freeze &/or snow) Again, people we live in Northern Utah, are have you forgotten!

My dear, sweet, ambitious husband has tilled at least a 1/3 of an acre for our garden. We have had so much fun planting in the rain & between rains. I have already started enlisting help from church friends to come help weed and pick produce, I fear that we will have far more that we can possible handle, even with us canning, dehydrating and freezing.

I am going to try and keep track of what and how much we have planted.
8 fruit trees: 2 pears, 1 apricot, 1 apple, 2 cherries, 2 peaches.
35 raspberries
18 blackberries
40 strawberries
Peas
100+ onions
a whole bunch of garlic
8 cabbage
brussel sprouts (who knows?)
20+?? broccoli
cauliflower ????? you just lose count somewhere after . . . to many!
Bok choy (pick a number any number???)
22 red potatoes
22 russet potatoes

Things that still need to go in the MUD.
I still have a half million Yukon gold potatoes to plant
16 pepper plants
17 tomatoes
3 zucchini - one is all any family could possible need (and then darn things never die)
3 yellow squash
A wide variety of beans, green, purple, romano, black beans lima beans, wax beans . . . . the list goes on, and on, and on.

We haven't even thought about watermelon, cantaloupe, cucumbers, and corn yet. . . .not to worry we have plenty of garden space.

Heaven help us, if half of our garden dies off we will still have to much.

If you can't find us this summer just look out back Throught the gate and across the bridge, we will be living in our garden for the summer. If you need fresh produce please come help yourself, I'm serious!