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Planning the Garden

Posted at 9:05 AM on March 15, 2008 by Sareen Dunleavy Keenan

I know we are a little late to start the garden process. With baby one starting independent mobility and baby two seeming to do the same (good to feel the kicks!) the reality of summers digging in the dirt has not hit the Keenan household.

That doesn't stop the pre-bed thoughts of what should go where, and how we will change the gardening patterns. We have plans to move the raspberries (yes, from where Brendan told me not to put them) and strawberries to make room for some picker plants that need the full sun location.

What strikes me about this dreaming and planning is not that I am rushing out to plant all that I cannot have now. No. I am dreaming of things that will winter well. My thoughts are on a more diverse winter of 2009. I will have my zuchini (enough to share I am SURE), tomatoes will be at least 30 plants full, I have no doubt about the green beans, or the cucumbers or any other garden staple. However, the winter squash will get a prime spot. The peppers, which we have struggled with for 2 years will get some attention paid and for goodness sake, those strawberries that we are moving, they will be picked and frozen with an enthusiasm I don't usually show when crawling around the ground 8 months pregnant. It may not look pretty, but come December, Santa can have cookies, milk and strawberries if he wants!