Ah, early spring. When your garden is all exciting possibilities and no depressing failures (yet)

I love this time of year. For months I've been making plans, buying seeds, and slowing setting the season into motion. Finally at the end of march and beginning of april, progress is visible and this year's veggie garden is on it's way.

This weekend I up-potted my tomato and pepper seedlings that I started indoors at the beginning of the month. I've lost a few of them thanks to forgetting to water a couple of times but most are still going strong. I've also started opening the tops on some of the seedlings I wintersowed—the cold-hardy crops like lettuce, cabbage and beets. They are almost ready to transplant! I probably could already but I'm a little nervous. I direct sowed peas like a week ago but they haven't come up yet. Hope the gophers didn't snatch them...

I am topping off my raised beds with compost and organic mulch, and building and filling a couple of new beds... you can never have too many...

I also spread some seeds for low-growing groundcovers and wildflowers on some bare dirt patches as we attempt to replace the backyard lawn with more interesting plants.

Pretty excited to get into this season. I've learned a few things from last year's mistakes and I'm ready to do better this time :)

Happy Easter everyone! Gardening is basically the same as going to church, right? Anyone else getting started on their gardens?