in the garden: autumn planting

The first weekend of april and we tackled the garden with gusto!  We pulled up the remaining straggling plants from the vegie beds, applied new compost (that I'd grown myself) and began planting.

From this:

my vegie bed: before

To this:

my vegie bed: mid-renovation

In went onions, garlic, carrots, broad beans, brussel sprouts and snow peas as well as some sort of cucurbit (my bet is on a cucumber but my partner thinks it's zucchini) that planted itself in a very inappropriate spot and needed to be moved.  We also sowed some cauliflower and broccoli in trays for replanting when they're a little bigger.  At the same time, we spruced up the herb bed and planted some lemon verbena as well as sage to replace the old plant which died.  Then we applied some lucerne mulch over everything and watered it all in well.  I can't wait until they all start to grow!

To this:

my vegie bed: after

And this:

my herb bed: after