Trying to develop a green thumb

(See the plant behind the bird? It’s a beautiful blue hydrangea.  It started to get it’s leaves since this picture was taken.  Then it got really cold.  And the frost killed the leaves! They are brown! I hope it comes back)

There is no secret in this house that I can not garden.  Not that I’ve given it a lot of time over the years, but I couldn’t keep a house plant alive even if it was ‘the easiest plant in the world’.  No green thumb.

But now, with our blooming back yard, we will be planting some annuals and vegetables.  Luckily, my husband enjoys this kind of thing and he seems to have a natural knack for it (his grandparents were fruit/veggie farmers).

This week, along with countless other families, we will be participating in the yearly ‘May two-four’ planting ritual.  My question? What next?

We’ll get some annuals – some pretty flowers that may not last long but will add loads of colour for the season.  And some hanging baskets.  And some vegetables. Our space is limited so we figure tomatoes and anything that climbs like beans. 

I am hoping everything survives.  I will be very disappointed if they don’t because I envision a bounty of vegetables being served at my dinner table right from my yard. 

There is also one other problem we have to deal with (and should be fixed with some laticing): The rabbit that happily comes to visit and currently eats left over bird seed.

What annuals do you plant each year? Petunias? Pansies? What vegetables will survive a beginners garden?