Won't be long now

We bought the Walla Walla Onions a couple weeks back and have been watering them and trying to keep them in a sun-lit window. The weekend was so nice that we finally figured it was time to get them in the ground. By this point they looked pretty sad in the containers, but hopefully some time in the ground will perk them up.

They're just little guys. They'll take a while, but it'll be worth it.

The peas are from a different supplier than last year, just to compare.

We put the pea seeds in rows, about 8" apart, spreading the seeds about 1 1/2" from each other. We wound up with two 10 foot long rows, covering the seeds with 1" of dirt. I marked the rows with sticks so we'd remember where things are.

A new crop in the garden this year is carrots. We opted for the packet of seeds embedded in paper strips that break down in the soil, since carrot seeds are so tiny that they're both difficult and time-consuming to sow. We dug three rows and laid one strip in each and covered the strips with an inch of dirt.

It took about 10 minutes total for a job that, with traditional seed packets, could have been unbearably tedious.

At the end of the night we had our first grilling experience of the season. After marinating some vegetables, chicken and beef in Italian dressing for fifteen minutes we skewered the whole lot of food and threw them on the grill, in an effort to remind us of the kinds of things we'll be growing and what we'll be able to do with our own vegetables, when and if we finally have some. I can't wait for it to be onions, peppers and squash that we grew ourselves on our dinner plates.

It won't be long now.