But we’ve already had a hell of a lot of showers in February and into the beginning of March – I’m hoping March Showers are going to bring April Sunshine and a yard full of flowers and budding vegetables! I’m planning to plant some herbs – Basil, Thyme, Cilantro, Parsley, maybe some Dill? My silly broccoli is getting taller but not bigger, I’ve started some new. My carrots are finally turning into carrots, which is exciting – and I think I want to try squash again. Hopefully the snails will leave my garden alone this year, I’m going to put out some beer, I hear through the grapevine that snails get into it and can’t get out. I just have to not tell my neighbor what it is, he’d probably try to drink it.
The house has gotten a facelift – first of all, the outside walls had a bath. Thank you Steve! He also shampooed the carpet, bought me a new gas stove, installed a gently-used washer and dryer (hurray for laundry done at home!!!), did a crapton of garden prep, hedge trimming, and laying down of grass sod. All in all, it’s looking pretty damn good. Feels good, too. Aaron comes to visit for a week soon, which I can’t wait for – I’m going to take a couple days off and hopefully the weather will be nice and we’ll get out and do some things we haven’t done on previous trips.
Definitely looking forward to spring this year! It promises to be a good one.
First, I stuck a couple of cloves of garlic in some dirt. I have no idea if they’re going to grow garlic or if they’re just sprouting. Then I added some green onion seeds to the same container. In the other container, I planted spinach seeds. After the fact, I found out that spinach does better in sandy soil, so these may not work as well as I’d like.
In this bucket, I planted patty pan squash seeds. Once they get a little bigger, I’m going to give away some of the seedlings to my sister & brother-in-law, and some to my next-door neighbor. I wish I had more ground space in which to plant these, but I’m kind of limited.
I planted more green onions in this one. You can never have too many green onions. Delightful in salads, tacos y burritos, scrambled eggs, and so much more.