Garden stuff

I finally got around to planting some stuff in my garden. I took off about half of the straw to make it easier to make rows for planting (I probably used too much in the first place). I went out this morning in the rain and planted broccoli, spinach, two kinds of onions, and cilantro.

Basil, tomatoes, etc. will get planted in the next month or so. I think I'll grow more basil this year because I ran out of pesto way too soon last time. I might try different types of tomato plant this time, rather than having them both be Roma. Maybe a different "sauce" tomato like San Marzano and another variety that is a little more flavorful. We'll see what is available at the nursery when I get ready to plant. I keep threatening to grow garlic, but don't want to pay for bulbs because I'm a cheapskate. I wish I could grow pine nuts for making pesto. They are SO expensive. I might try walnuts in half of my pesto this year.

I will also probably plant sunflowers in the front of the house again. I was pulling weeds there a few days ago and I think there is already one growing (probably came from one of the plants from last year). Hopefully they will do better than last year. If I get moles there again this year, I won't try to drown them out like I did last year. That really screwed up the flowers and stunted their growth. I'm tempted to pull out the "bushes" that are growing there for more room, but that might be a pain in the butt that I really don't want to deal with.