If you're like me, you might be planning your garden right about now. My Gurney's catalog is getting well-thumbed and visions of ripe tomatoes and fresh green beans are dancing in my head. Last year, my dad had a beautiful plot of sunflowers, so I might try to do that here in our back lot. Sunflowers are cheery and we all need more of that. I'm also thinking of starting a lavender patch. I love to smell lavender and it is a very pretty plant. And I want to try butternut squash because we ate a lot of it roasted this past winter . . and maybe beets, because they are good roasted too.
So much to plan! But as we all try to decide what seeds and plants to buy for our summer gardens, we might do well to follow this advice on what type of garden to grow.
Found written in Miss Jane's cookbook:
The Garden of Life
First, plant five rows of P's:
Preparation
Promptness
Perseverance
Prudence
Purity
Next, plant three rows of Squash:
Squash gossip
Squash indifference
Squash criticism.
Then, plant five rows of Lettuce:
Let us be faithful to duty
Let us be unselfish and loyal
Let us obey the law
Let us fulfill our responsibilities
Let us love one another.
No garden is complete without Turnips:
Turn up promptly for meetings
Turn up with a cheerful smile
Turn up with new ideas
Turn up with determination to . . .
Make everything count for something good.
-Author Unknown
And . . .
