Everyone wants to take off when there is good weather. But don't be tempted, instead use this beautiful weather to plan your garden. You know, Spring starts on Friday! Woohoo!
You will be able to get out there and plan the area, clean up the yard if necessary and possibly even start rototilling. (But don't plant it yet, it is too early) Go get your nutrients and maybe even some bedding plants to take home. If you are starting from seed then go get your seed and your soil. You don't need to spend a lot of money on your starter pots and what not, try to use stuff you have around the house. Yogurt containers, work well since the plastic holds the moisture in, unlike starter pots. Just punch a couple of holes in the bottom for drainage, and put them on some kind of tray.
If we weren't selling our house, I would be right out there with you guys, planning my garden. I have problems with rabbits and deer eating absolutely everything in site. So I haven't been very successful with my gardens lately. They eat everything! Even the flowers. I have discovered though, that they don't care much for iris', and daffodils, chives, yarrow, mint, lemon balm, echinacea, and day lillies. Otherwise, they eat everything else, needless to say, my flower beds will be full of the above, if nothing else. I don't know where we'll land, but wherever it is, I hope it has a backyard so I can have a garden.
Grass clippings work excellent for mulch and if you have water restrictions, you need to take that into consideration in caring for your garden. So every time you mow your lawn, put the clippings on top on your planted rows, it will keep the moisture in and help keep the weeds out. It is not fool proof, you still need to weed your garden, but you would be surprised how much grass clippings help the garden. I don't care for certain bark mulches like cedar because it does something to the soils ph. I'm not exactly sure what, I just know it doesn't seem to work well in a vegetable garden.
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