Dream Garden

I was day dreaming today, thinking about all the different things I've seen lately in other blogs and books of garden designs and I just had this image of a perfect garden for me.  I really like to read outside, so I would like to build an outdoor room.
I think I would have the same size veggie garden I have now, but instead, I would have a raised bed with a 1 foot border planter around the perimeter to grow herbs and companion plants (does this make sense??) ; I'll draw a picture to post later; almost a "permanent" section for my perennial herbs and garlic.  I would also have separate raised bed for my hot peppers, so they don't cross pollinate with the sweets.  And I'd keep bees, but that isn't for a while because I would have to study them for a while first.  My sister kept bees when we were little, but they had an unfortunate end in a huge winter storm and couldn't be saved.  It was a sad day. They were good little bees.
I would also like to have an arbor-a long one-to put a dining table under to have tea/dinner parties!  :)
I would grow (don't know yet) a plant with large leaves around it for shade and sunflowers.  And I would make a path to another room with couches and chairs and lavender planted all around.
That's about all I've got.  The bees and the arbor and the "living room".  Someday when I have money, I will build it!
As you can tell I'm getting excited for March!  I may start some plants at the end of February so they are a little bigger when I transplant them.

Spring is coming! :)

A Little Chilly

Today it is -14 in Richmond, VT and a bit cold to be thinking about gardening, but I've been looking at seeds anyway. 

This coming year I'd like to try to grow a few more pepper varieties and tomato varieties. 
I found some on Burpee.com that I thought looked nice!
They are hybrid tomatoes:
1. Kings of color-which is just a mixed seed packet
2. Golden Mama
3. Tumbler
4. Black Pearl Hybrid
5. Sweet Tangerine
6. Italian Ice
7. Red Lightning
I think I'll choose 3 types to grow and save the others for another year. 
I also want to grow Banana peppers and Cubanelle peppers this coming year too.  Both are a sweet variety and good for salads and sandwiches.  This year, I think I may plant my sweet peppers and hot peppers on opposite sides of the garden this year to prevent cross pollination.

I've been getting ready for March by getting some better grow lights.  And that's about it.  I'll be checking on  my ginger that I started to grow in the fall.  It should have a little extra bulb on it by now! So that will be exciting to see; since it's buried, I can't tell if it has been doing well or if I've been watering a dead ginger plant. I'll post pictures if it works out!
Cheers!