Planting Day!!

So, Memorial Day Weekend is supposed to be "the" weekend that is reliably past the last freeze enough to plant your garden up here in Central Vermont. Prior to planting, Dave and I wanted to take advantage of the long weekend and took our first road trip since moving here. We did Portsmouth, NH (really just Smuttynose Brewery) > Ogunquit for lobster/clam belly rolls, ice cream and the Marginal Way > Old Orchard Beach for dinner, beach hangouts and arcade games > Portland for walking, coffee, breweries, minor league baseball and swimming in the surprisingly amazing heated outdoor pool at our cheap hotel.

When we returned to Randolph Monday afternoon it was HOT and we had to get planting.

The dirt patch had been quite neglected since we rototilled it the first time.

I won't say how long it took me to clear out, but notice the shadow difference...

Next step was spacing out the seedlings to make sure they had enough room. The weaker ones didn't make the cut. :(

Planting!

We planted some more seedlings in pots that my mom brought up. 

Grow! Grow! Grow!

Great day out in the yard. Afterwards, we rewarded ourselves with bourbon lemonades and grillables.

Plants we are growing in the ground: Black Krim tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, green bell peppers, eggplant, butternut squash, kale, spinach, green onions, and one lonely jalapeno plant that somehow is surviving when its seedling mates didn't even sprout.

Plants we are growing in pots: Zucchini, cucumber, bush beans, pole beans, tomatoes that didn't make the cut, and basil. 

Here we go!!