Seedling flats

The seedling flats are growing nicely. Our bedroom is now the greenhouse, replete with warming mats, lights, and greenery. Some of our cool weather plants will need to go out soon as they are beginning to get a little leggy! If this cold rain every stops (by Friday or Saturday), I can get them outside. But I have to remember, it's still only April! These longer days make me rush to get plants in, yet I'm still lighting the woodstove every morning.

Potatoes arrived yesterday! Yipee!

Hard rain gonna fall

John and I finally got our seeds started on Monday while the mercury hovered around 72 and a hot wind blew. Tomatoes, basil, peppers, eggplant, onion, broccoli, cabbage, and brussel sprouts are on the warming pads and germinating at last.
That night, around 3 a.m., Callie jumped off the bed and began pacing around the upstairs. I thought she needed to go out, but ten minutes later, the heavens opened up, and it poured. Of course, my first words were, "I hope Harley is inside." We've had more rain on and off this week, with more coming. There are still patches of snow, here and there, but for the most part, the white stuff is gone. NOAA is calling for sleet/rain mix tomorrow night :(

Spring Carrot Harvest

I dug up our over-wintered carrots today--a much better harvest than I expected. Some rotted into a gooey mush, but overall, not too bad. The tiny ones will be snacks for Harley.

We need to get our seeds started this weekend. Now that I've removed the concrete blocks from the truck bed, we can rig up our light and mat system in the living room near the woodstove. It's time to get those long germinating, heat-loving plants started. The mercury should hit 60 today, enough to melt the last of the glacier in the garden. The frost went pretty deep, so we still need the soil to warm up before we can plant early cool crops.

Happy April Fools Day!

Mother Nature had her joke on us--another 6 inches of snow! But I truly think this is the last hurrah for winter. Next week we should be seeing temperatures up in the 50's. Time to start thinking about planning our garden and starting some seedlings.

I'm vowing to not be too sidetracked by the horse, even though I may find that hard. He's so much fun, and still so new. But the dirt will be calling and once I smell spring out there, I'll be getting these hands good and dirty.