Spring Time Planting

Well the Spring planting time is finally here. Though we are still getting a few cooler days and a few showers (like today) it has been warm enough to be able to get into the garden and plant our spring veggie crops. After the somewhat success SFG garden last year I have upgraded to a 6x4 foot planter box for this years crop, we actually have 2 of these planters boxes. Tom and I are getting a little competitive and have decided that well plant out one each and see who's turns out best (though we haven't actually defined any measures yet). So today I braved the local garden/hardware store, along with hundreds of other people, to get a few last min plants and set out planting. As I mentioned it's been raining, not to heavy and rather sporadically so it was pretty much plant one plot then stand under a tree and wait till the rain stopped. So I got in a fair few things; some popping corn, two types tomatoes, red and brown onions, strawberries, leeks, celery, lettuce and carrots. Also some companion plants, camomile, marigolds, sage and sweet basil. Only the tomatoes, corn and strawberries were transplants the rest are seeds which I always get nervous about, but there in and nowit's just a waiting game. Here's a few snaps so you can follow the progress.