speaking of failure

so everything i planted in the ground was completed dug up by a chicken invasion, and everything i planted indoors failed to thrive. bummer.

today i put a bunch more in the ground:

arugula (nichols)
chard - orange oriole (baker creek)
lettuce - esmerelda, few other varieties (nichols)
carrots - purple haze hybrid (territorial seed co)
beets - early wonder (botanical interests)
turnips - purple top white globe (nichols garden nursery)
spinach - oriental giant (nichols) [transplanted started in feb]
peas - oregon sugar pod 2 (nichols)
kale - nero di toscana (territorial) [transplanted, started in feb]
parsley - giant italian (nichols)
celery - crazy pink kind [transplanted, started in feb]

sunflowers - rostov (seed savers exchange) -- no idea when these should be planted
echinacea - prairie coneflower (bonatical interests) -- ditto!

i'm hoping i'll have time this spring to keep up with it and plant some more. i need to figure out when to plant summer stuff indoors (um, now, i think) and get tomatoes and squash going.

i also want to plant lots of flowers this year, including sunflowers (which i somehow failed at last year, amazing), poppies, and dahlias (which i will actually fertilize this year).

in other news, last year's blueberries and strawberries seem to be making buds and several of our herbs have survived our neglect (chives, thyme, oregano, sage, lavender, rosemary). however, i dare say i managed to kill a peppermint plant -- aren't they supposed to be invasive? i have skills.