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By Lyle Hillyard
Utah State Senator, District 25

It is time to get serious about the garden.

This has really been a strange spring. We really received a lot of snow in Cache Valley this past winter and it has taken longer than usual for it to melt. It seems like every day that it has been warm and dry enough to work in the garden in the evening, I have had another commitment. I have gotten the raspberries mostly caned and my brother in law (freshly returned from a mission in Scotland) and gotten a few rows of potatoes planted. With the State Republican Convention slated for this Saturday, I will miss the normal Mother’s Day weekend where I have really gotten most of the garden planted. With the food prices going crazy, gardening this year may be more than just a hobby but a budget-conscious behavior.

At least this time of the year, I don’t have to worry about mosquitoes when it gets dark. I have learned that you don’t plant corn until it turns 70 degrees but that may only be for two days sometime next week so I had better be ready. It is my plan to have the raspberries fully weeded, caned and fertilized, the first crop of corn, peas and another few rows of potatoes planted. I will have to let the bananas and rice and grapes wait until at least Memorial Day.

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