We finally planted the garden

Finally! We spent yesterday (Memorial Day) working on the veggie garden. Not sure how big it is, but it's about twice the size of last year's garden.

We have four rows of corn planted, two varieties, one early, one late. Twelve tomato bushes: Lemon Boy (a yellow tomato that DH wanted to try), Roma, Amish Paste, Supersize, and Beefsteak). Twelve peppers of different kinds: regular green peppers and lots of banana peppers, two short rows of green bush beans, a short row of red beets, some broccoli, four cucumber plants, and four hills of zucchini and yellow squash. We fenced it all in and also sprinkled some Liquid Fence around the perimeter in a (probably vain ) attempt to deter bunnies and groundhogs.

We planted a Shasta daisy in the back yard flowerbed to make up for one that we must have lost during the winter as we didn't see it this spring. And some yellow butterfly daisies in the front flowerbed. So we were busy.

I also planted three caladiums in the back yard....we're starting a bit of a new flowerbed. I do have a question, if anybody can answer: Are caladiums supposed to be dug up in the fall and then replanted in the spring? We live in central PA and I'm not sure. Anybody ever plant them? I did Google their care, but thought that if anybody has experience with them, you could give me your thoughts. Thanks.

Still didn't get that darn pool opened yet. DH may work on that tonight while I'm mowing the lawn.

Thanks, gardenandcats, that's what it said on one of the sites I googled, too, to dig it up and store it over the winter. But the site also said that I'd be better off to treat it as an annual because it won't leaf out as lush and beautiful as it does the first year. I'm going to dig them up and store them in the basement and replant them next year and see what happens. Thanks for your advice. I have some red cannas, some dahlia tubers and some oxalis that I have to dig up in the fall, too.

Nurseangel, we grew strawberries many, many years ago...I think they lasted about two years before they died. We really didn't do much to care for them though, so that's probably why they didn't last. We did get some berries from the plants. Do you have good luck buying plants on eBay?

My sister just planted three huckleberry bushes in the vineyard part of their yard, along with three blueberry bushes. I keep saying that I want to try blueberry bushes, but haven't gotten around to them yet. (We call it the vineyard area because they planted quite a few grape vines around several grape arbors in that area of their yard....she says they may try making wine.)

I saw a Celebrity II tomato at the nursery on Monday. They're nice looking plants. Kiwis would be interesting to grow, if I didn't live in central PA....a little too far north for kiwis, I think. I hope yours do well!

My GF was telling me about a new green pepper that she found: Cajun Belle. They look like little bell peppers and are both sweet and hot. She lives in Wisconsin. I couldn't find them around here yet. I love hotter peppers, but I'm the only one in my family who does.