Waiting for Spring

The fields are covered with snow and I am stuck inside waiting until I can get my hands in some real dirt! I'm taking a greenhouse growing class at Thanksgiving Point this month. I haven't learned much that I didn't already know, but it is good to see how professionals do things like proper transplanting proceedures- I have always transplanted by the stem instead of the leaf. Since I am more of a fly-by-the-seat-of-my-pants gardener I don't always act professional. Plus, I love to recycle junk and make it useful; it has cut down the amount of garbage we throw away by half and it saves me a lot of money on gardening and distribution supplies. For those of you who buy from me, you will see that almost all of my packaging is used, my seedlings are potted in unusual containers, and I don't really care if everything is particularly pretty. It is the taste that counts, right?

So seed germination starts right about now for spring crops- lettuce, onions, broccoli and such, inside of course. A couple weeks ago when it was so warm, Riley and I were hoping it was already spring (in Feb! did you notice that the robins never left this year?) and were disappointed with the last storm. The chickens were too since it seriously hinders bug sightings.