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Harvest figures for April are as follows:

• 4oz Chard @ $3.99 lb = 99c
• 5oz Orange (Valencia) @ 59c lb = $2.95
• 4lb 6oz Peas @ $4 lb = $17.50
• 1oz Spring Onion @ 99c lb = 6c
• 1oz Tomato @ $2.99 lb = 18c
• 2lb 2oz Turnip @ 79c lb = $1.68

Total Harvest for April = 11lb 14oz And some harvest pics:

Rather than bore you with photo's of empty seed starters  last week when I started my seeds, I decided to skip that pic and show you this one - may I present the first World Of YardCraft seedling of 2009!

This is one from the seeds I started inside, just in old seed starter cells in a take out container (makes a change from toilet roll tubes!). Yeah it's all 'top-o-the-line' stuff here! lol! Munstead lavendar was the first seedling to make an appearance :) I have to say that the worst part after sowing seeds is the waiting. All the questions... are they warm enough? cool enough? getting enough light? too much light? damp enough? dry enough? will they germinate? How long have they been in? shouldn't I have seen some life by now? etc... Starting your own seedlings is worrisome work but worth it!

And so naturally spurred on by this momementous occasion for the 2009 season I went out and bought more seed starting materials. I splashed out  $6 on a seed tray with peat pellets from Walmart, and some peat pots. Not usually a fan of the peat stuff as it's not sustainable BUT I feel an experiement coming on... more on that in another post :)

So it's pretty much been raining since Thursday lunchtime, not complaining we sure need the rain in Southern California, after all we are headed for a drought this year! The weather has been so changeable here in Southern California. 80 degree's last week and storms this weekend, the plants are as confused as I am. Yesterday I harvested some oranges, collard greens and broccoli (more details on that coming soon). The broccoli was small but it was bolting, as is some of the lettuce :( The crazy warm temperatures last week and the cooler wetter weather is just wreaking havoc for us freedom gardeners! I guess it's just something to chalk up to experience, make notes for next year to get the broccoli etc started earlier. But with all this rain, what to do when you can't get out and tend to your garden? Well obviously you drool over seed catalogs, do research online, do some planning and go shopping :)

We had to go shopping at Walmart as Bob wanted a duffelbag for his snowboard gear, and naturally I had to stop at the gardening section! Now I still have LOTS to do in our garden but that doesn't stop me buying NOW, lol. Afterall I have my monthly gardening budget burning a hole in my pocket! I had firm idea's of what I wanted and knew that tomato plants were OUT, no tomato plants or seeds Di! I have 12+ varieties to shove in somewhere this year! lol! I knew I wanted mint and lavender, potting soil for all the seeds I bought last month and strawberries. Those were my priorities. So I came back from Walmart with:

2cu ft of potting soil ($8.50)
10 strawberry roots ($3.00)
60 onion sets ($1.50)
Packet of lavender seeds ($1.00)
Packet of mint seeds($1.00)
Packet of Black Radish (99c)
2 planters from 99c store ($1.98)

grand total = $17.97

What I really need are wellington boots so I can get out there and do something!