Garden Update

My smart little seeds out in the garden are still hiding. no sign of them emerging yet, probably a good thing as we had 3 inches of snow covering the garden yesterday. Turns out the little "green house tents" I had covering things were no match for 40mph wind gusts ;) Lucky for me, the fence was up and they ran no further than the raspberry bushes. I did get the beds covered before the snow fell.

Indoors I have Cilantro, and peppers up! little tiny seedlings out checking out the world. Kelly was SOOO excited when she saw them she wanted to plant them in the garden NOW.. I had to explain that they were too little.. and there was too much snow on the ground LOL!

Add Peas Planted yesterday!

When Ms Kelly woke up from her nap, and found out mommy was "playing in the dirt" without her she grabbed a shovel and marched into the garden and started digging.   (after I repeatedly told her not to dig up mommy's freshly planted rose bushes)  I had found a packet of peas with "packed for 2005" printed on it in the back room when I was digging out my potting stuff... so I figured what the heck.. I know it's March Probably WAY to early to plant but my germination rates on seeds this old will probably be poor anyway, might as well let the 2.5 yr old have some fun.  So I let her plant a row of peas... If they come up they'll probably be clumped together WAY too much but they will be tended with love!

I'll post if anything actually emerges in the next 2 wks!

Spring Fever

OK so I've never actually bothered putting anything in my blog... so I will start using it as my gardening notes ;)

Today I got hit with a BAD case of spring fever.  Temps in the 60's, with no sign of below freezing weather all week.  Yeah I know it's March 22.. and we are bound to get another cold blast but what the hey... maybe I can fool the weather Gods into giving me enough snow to go sledding and skiing one more time by playing in the garden!

Mike pulled out the tiller and dug up the garden while I put the roses in their pots.  Hopefully the fact that I didn't bring them in 2 wks ago when temps were 10 with wind chills at -10 didn't kill them.... we'll see...

I then planted some spinach and muslin mix in the garden :)  I can't wait for fresh greens!!!!  when you garden produce shopping in the winter is depressing!  I also started my seedlings in the house.  in this order in the container.. just so I don't forget ;)

Long Red Cayenne Peppers

Red Oxheart Tomato's for canning in Aug/Sept

Bell Pepper Color Mix

Tigerella Tomato's

Cilantro

Thai Basil

I found an old packet of peas when I was digging out my seeding stuff.. I may just have to throw them in the ground, I don't know if they will germinate, but what the heck if they don't I've lost nothing.. if they do I could be eating peas in May!