Last Frost Date

I took a few minutes to look up the last frost date estimates for Atlanta and found out that our magical date is April 10th. I was a little concerned that it might be earlier, and I'm going to be a little busy in March having a baby and what not. So, April will be just perfect for planting. I'm really excited about being on maternity leave during the planting season. That should give me ample time to plan my garden, order my seeds, plant everything, and get a good solid start to the growing season. I'm sure that once I go back to work, my two little girls will keep me too busy to go up to the garden every day. Hailey does love the garden (but mostly when there's tomatoes for her to eat off the vine).

Here is the link to the best site that I found for listing average first and last frost dates.

Grasshoppers

Yesterday, I went to my garden and saw grasshoppers eating my plants! Of course, I had seen the grasshoppers before, but I didn't realize they were eating my plants. Not sure what I thought they were doing! Of course, I got a little nervous that I would wake up in the morning and have zero leaves on my plants. I frantically googled the situation only to find out that there are not many organic alternatives.

Worms Meet Garden

Since this is our first year in the community garden, we decided to purchase some worms like many of our neighbors. The garden ordered 1,000 worms, and I got 100. So, how do you pick out 100 worms? Well, that’s where Hailey and a shovel come in. I first just scooped up what looked like 50 with a shovel and dumped them into my plot, but that wasn’t very fun for Hailey. So, I picked one up with my hand to introduce her to the concept. She touched it reluctantly and said “slimy” and “soft.” I decided to give her the important job of picking up the worms one by one and carrying them to our garden plot. Now, she didn’t do all 50, but she did really enjoy it. Then she decided that the worms needed to be dug into the garden with a trowel AND a hammer. It is clear to me that I better build her a garden of her own, lest she dig up my plants all summer long! Here are some shots of her escapades with the worms.