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It’s finally starting to warm up outside and the snow is finally starting to melt! While I love seeing the snow start to disappear, it often leads to a very muddy and damp spring. 🙁 While spring isn’t my favorite season, I’m super excited to be able to get my garden going!

Last year was the first year I started a garden. We bought a bunch of raised bed boxes from Sam’s Club and brought in a lot of dirt to fill them in with. It was amazing to have a garden and being able to eat the fruits of your labor, but it definitely took awhile to figure out what I was doing and I’m still learning.

Because it takes forever for the ground to thaw in the Northeast we often can’t plant our gardens until quite late in spring or early summer. This year I decided to start seedlings indoors this year, hoping to jumpstart the growing process. I’m very much impatient, but I’m hoping to shave some time off and start enjoying veggies sooner.

I started by buying some biodegradable seed starter containers that I could directly plant into the ground when I am able to. I bought some organic seed starter, and then decided what I wanted to plant in my garden. For the most part many of the veggies will remain the same, but I did make some changes to a couple of the items I plan to grow. For example, last year I tried to cabbage and mini melons. We don’t really eat cabbage so I eliminated that from the garden. The melons didn’t perform as well either, so I also eliminated that to make more room for the veggies I want more of.

Here is a list of everything I plan to include in the garden this year: onions, lettuce (salad bowl blend & romaine), cucumbers, peppers, pole beans, carrots, peas, zucchini squash, baby spinach, and potatoes. Those I did not start seedlings for include pole beans, potatoes, and onions. The onion tops tend to grow quite quickly and the beans and potatoes are more of a late summer/early fall crop, so I did not feel like I needed to start those early.

I also ended up picking up some herbs as well, as I may have accidentally killed my DIY herb garden this winter 🙁 Oops! My herb garden staples include mint, oregano, parsley, basil, cilantro, and rosemary. For my herb garden tutorial from last year, click here.

Last year wasn’t without its failures. I realize that some of the plants that didn’t grow well for me had to do with not properly thinning the plants. By starting the seeds earlier and properly pruning the crops, I’m hoping for healthy plants with optimal growth! I’m also hoping to start composting as well to reduce waste and make sure my plants get all the necessary nutrients they need!