planting a spring container garden

I meant to share this back in April when we actually planted, but let’s just all agree that it’s been a weird year and showing up almost four months late is better than not showing up at all, okay?

We decided to do a bunch of containers and try container gardening this year! There was a chance earlier this year that we were going to move and I didn’t want to lose everything that we planted if that was the case. So containers felt like the best choice for us this year!

We grabbed most of our seeds from Renee’s Garden and were so impressed!

In early April, we started seedlings indoors (a great time for us here in zone 5, even though it was a little on the later end). In our spring planting we included:

Rainbow Onions
Purple Sun Carrots
Danvers Carrots
Chatwick Cherry Tomatoes
Sweetie Tomatoes
Jewel Toned Bell Peppers
Jalapeños
Mini Peppers
Dill (planted directly outdoors in May)
Cilantro (planted directly outdoors in May)
Basil
Lettuce
Arugula
Broccoli
Chives (planted directly outdoors in May)
Parsley (planted directly outdoors in May)
Zucchini (planted directly outdoors in May)
Yellow Squash (planted directly outdoors in May)
Baby Spaghetti Squash (planted directly outdoors in May)
Blue Bantam Peas
Crimson Peppers
Heirloom Soup Beans (planted directly outdoors in May)

We transplanted everything outdoors and into larger containers around the end of May. We also planted a few things directly there, rather than starting them from seed indoors.

The broccoli didn’t make it since it didn’t have enough wind-flow to build up strength in the stalks - something that I’m noting for next year!