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Actually I think its more like moving weeks….. Gardening Guy has to work in Lynchburg two days this week so we are going out there for a whole weekend and moving some stuff with us.

Today I am spending a lot of time packing while the back of my brain is busy with thoughts of chickens, and seedlings.

I went through the seed catalogs the other day and marked the varieties I wanted and made a garden budget. That is I figured out the cost of seeds and trellis materials, but now I have to go back through and figure estimated yields so I can make a prediction of how much money the garden will save us in the long run.

Hopefully this weekend we can go back out to the housesite and start marking the areas that will be vegetable garden, herb garden etc. That way I can start making plans of what goes where, what soil ammendments are needed and what the planting schedule should be.

Gardening in general ( and market gardening in particular) goes so much better with a well thought out plan.

For seeds I am going to Gurneys and Henry Fields, some trees will come from a local orchard while others will be ordered, probably from Stark Brothers.

You too should be looking at catalogs and planning your spring and summer work. Now is the time to be sure that compost or manure is spread on the beds so the winter rains can work it into the soil.

The Gardening Girl