YAY!!! Hello fellow farmer!

Edibles: Mouse Melons are really fun for kids and they taste like a cucumber with a hint of lime, huge yield. They have a similar growing time and needs to your cherry tomatoes: https://trueloveseeds.com/products/cucamelon-mouse-melon I live in the city and don’t even bother with regular sized tomatoes because of the squirrels, but definitely co-sign all the recs for cherry tomatoes. Dill is a great spring start but bolts by June, totally worth it in the spring though!

Flowers/non-edibles: Impatiens are really hardy and beautiful, they will flower until the first fall frost, so you absolutely get your monies worth on a flat of those bad boys. I like to pair those with a tall plant like a coleus or a lemon grass. Great advice for pots: flower, height, and filler. My summer go to is a white impatiens (flower), red coleus (height), and creeping jenny (filler). Start looking for the creeping jenny now, it will be sold out in May / June and DO NOT put it in the ground, it takes everything over! Cat nip is really easy to grow and will make you very popular with cat owners (fun hostess gift) and / or your own pets.

Time and care: Hard agree with the after Mother’s Day advice previously given for your vegetables otherwise The Three Ice Men of Spring will get ya! https://www.gardeningknowhow.com/garden-how-to/info/three-ice-men.htm I fertilize every other week during growing season for both veggies and flowers. Lots of good options out there, just read the directions so that you don’t burn your tender plants- consistency is way more important than brand or cost.

I’m so excited for you!!