The other day I took some time to transplant broccoli. Broccoli is without a doubt one of my family's primary veggies of choice. It's something we can all agree on and that's pretty simple to prepare. So, this was one of my priorities. Last year's broccoli was essentially a flop. I produced a couple of small heads that were sufficient enough for a meal forone, let a lone three, so I had to mix it in with a few other veggies that I store bought... Never fully experiencing my own home grown goodness.
I think I can attribute the lack of success to planting too late... Too little water and too much heat. Hence the reason for wanting an early spring planting. Already they seem to be taking off, rooting firmly on the ground after transplanting and hopefully they will be a success!
In addition, the lettuce I transplanted on St. Patrick's day took to the ground nicely. A couple more weeks and I hope to be pulling bits of each out of the ground for meals.
Next on my planting list are my sugar snap peas, spinach and onions.
Speaking of onions! Last year I planted some garlic... Which was fairly unsuccessful. This year, when takin my trip out to the garden, the cloves that were in the ground have already decided to take off on their own. I'm hopeful to be able to harvest, dry and store garlic this fall for the winter!
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