Last week I noticed as I looked out the window that my tulips are peaking out of the ground as are my daylilies, wormwood and phlox. It won’t be long and we will have a lush display of many shades of green with different textures and shapes of leaves. It made me itch to do some gardening.
My “winter” sowing has become a moot project. Since it is officially spring I’m going to try the same technique but without the benefit of snow cover or so I thought. Last night in an effort to keep my little 3 year old entertained I asked her to help me go through my seed collection and remove seed pods from some dried out sedum flowers. She thought that was great. Later I checked the weather report since it had been raining most of the day and it mentioned something about snow on Monday.
Today so far has been a soggy, messy, rain/snow mix. Not enough to look pretty or stick, just enough to make you feel blah. My only consolation is that my flowers and plants that are in the ground are getting plenty of water right now.
I’ve picked out the seeds that I want to start indoors today. Tomatoes, basil, and easter egg plant are among the candidates. I also have several varieties of peppers that I want to get going before it gets to late. When you think about 90 days to mature that means I’ll need to have plants ready by the first part of June if I want fruits before the first frost. Any later than the mid part of June and I’m asking for a very short window to harvest any fruits off my warmer weather plants. I’ll keep you posted how things go. 🙂
