Lil's Garden

It's time to begin thinking about the spring garden. We downsized our garden from last year. Hopefully it will be a little more manageable. I am hoping to plant some native fruit trees at the back of the garden — wild plum, agarita, wild persimmon, and some citrus trees. This week I planted onions—Red "Karmen," Sweet "Pentium," and Yellow "Stuttgarter."  I cleaned up the romaine lettuce bed that survived all the freezes. I'm surprised that lettuce is so hearty. I cultivated the strawberries and borage bed. I read that borage is supposed to benefit the strawberries. It also has pretty blue flowers, I'm told. There's still a bed of Crawford lettuce (It survives everything.) and some kale and Swiss chard.  We'll see if they make a comeback or if I just need to replant. I've started some seeds—tomatoes, peppers, chamomile, basil, and catnip (for Coco),    The potatoes are in a warm sunny spot making sprouts.  The herbs in the herb garde...