In this Throwback Thursday, Sunny talks Spring gardening in 2009.  For more garden tips, check out her edible gardening tips on Miraclo-Gro and watch videos here.

I’m still having fun in the garden, but boy is it work! There’s a tree that drops all kinds of stuff all over the garden and I’ve yet to go get one of those screen-dome things. I actually don’t mind getting out there and picking the stuff up. Petals and buds and … wha … what is THAT?! ARE THOSE WEEDS????!!!!?!!!? Yes, after all that turning and turning of soil little teeny weeds started to sprout. So, to the mulching I went. Here’s some of the progress …

Sadly, the carrots, scallions, cucumbers and watermelon died on me :-(. Well, really the carrots are my fault. I didn’t do enough research and I really needed to treat the earth differently for those. In their place I planted some fennel. Then, in place of the scallions I dropped yellow onion bulbs because the red onions are really growing well. I haven’t quite figured out what to do with the cuke patch and in place of the watermelon … more onions! I use them plenty so, If my green thumb pans out … I’ll have some homegrown trinity soon .. well minus the celery and bell pepper. 😛 Here’s a flick of the new fennel plot …
Boring? I questioned myself before uploading it. Teeheehee … ahh,ok. The green sprouts on the right are the radish rows. Gotta thin those out soon . So then, forgot to fess up, the tomatoes weren’t lookin’ like they were going to sprout up and the decision was made to get some starter plants and do it like that. Here’s the new batch …

The pot said they’ll be ready to pick in 50 days … we’ll see. If you get out a magnifying glass you may catch the beginnings of the broccoli.
All this past week all I was doing was gardening and developing recipes when out of the blue I get an email, I’ve been invited to make a second appearance on The Rachael Ray show! Last time was so much fun and I can’t wait to give you some behind the scenes stuff. I am just totally excited about being asked to come back and look forward to it. It’s another panel discussion just like the Thanksgiving show and wait’ll you see the lineup of the panel this time! I Can’t wait to share … btw, we tape tomorrow, but it airs at a later date. Stick around for that and my new fave place to eat … I found it by trying to give back a bit.

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