{"id":4986,"date":"2011-05-12T19:15:39","date_gmt":"2011-05-13T00:15:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=4986"},"modified":"2011-05-12T19:18:42","modified_gmt":"2011-05-13T00:18:42","slug":"planting-peppers-and-peas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/familyblog.datdec.com\/?p=4986","title":{"rendered":"Planting peppers and peas"},"content":{"rendered":"

We are entering our fifth summer in this house (wow!) and I still do my gardening by the seat of my pants. Hmm… let’s throw a few seeds here and see what happens. I like to think I’m a logical, organized person, but I’m pretty sure I’m not really. I plan the heck out of some things, such as an eight day car trip for four people, but other things get barely a thought. Poor gardens.<\/p>\n

We joined a CSA this year so I wasn’t going to bother with a vegetable garden. I was pretty confident in that decision, but as the snow melted and my sad little garden bed appeared I started having second thoughts. I also thought the kids may be more involved this year, a thought I have every year! So on impulse at the garden store one day I bought peas (because they’ve eaten those from the garden every year!), peppers (because we haven’t tried them yet and Lex usually likes peppers), and pumpkins (because, well, because I wanted pumpkins). <\/p>\n

Today we went out to spread some grass seed, which was purchased with zero research and thrown around a dry lawn by two kids… I expect a lush lawn in just a few short weeks. Once that was done the kids wanted to keep gardening so we planted the peas and peppers. Is it the right time? Who knows. Who cares. I looked up our latest frost date awhile ago and it was something like early June (ahh, Vermont). I asked Lex to read the directions for the peppers to me while I put a layer of topsoil down. I had to convince him that it’s ok to skip the “plant inside and slowly migrate outside” steps. I’m sure it will be great. I’m expecting large, juicy peppers in just a few short weeks. <\/p>\n

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Planting peas<\/p><\/div>\n

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Planting peppers<\/p><\/div>\n

Anyhoo… hopefully something grows in the backyard (the dandelions are doing quiet well this year!) and we will enjoy a bountiful supply of fresh veggies from our local CSA all summer :)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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