Monday, March 14, 2011

spring is coming

We survived another long, tough winter, and we are just days away from the first day of spring. That means one thing...seed starting time! We've been busy getting ready to begin planting and get our season started. Josh is prepping the seed flats here for our onions, rhubarb, artichokes, wonderberries, strawberries, rosemary and papaya.

We are not messing around this year- we cleaned out Home Depot the other day, buying light fixtures and bulbs. Josh constructed a great set up (nicely displayed in our living room) allowing us to have 60 square feet of lit, growing space.
We are on a strict schedule over here, trying to keep all of our seed starting and planting preplanned. Next week we'll be planting our tomatoes and peppers and maybe some brassicas for good measure...guess you'll have to wait and see...
A quick shout out to Johnnys Seeds and Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds. Johnnys Seeds supplied us with the SWEETEST new hoes for this season and some great seeds. We bought a stirrup hoe and a collinear hoe- we can hardly contain our excitement. Baker Creek, our favorite seed company, is setting us up for another great year- giving us the opportunity to grow untreated, non-GMO, heirloom seeds, some dating back to the early 1700's.

Until then, we'll try to keep you diligent followers updated! We are vowing to be better bloggers this year...so we'll see how well we keep our promise. Also, besides keeping you 'in the know', we'll be keeping a list of the plants and veggies we have available for sale at that time. So, if you have any questions, don't hesitate to contact us! And, as always, all of our plants and seeds are completely organic and never treated with pesticides! To hold you over until then, since I know you are just as excited as us, here are some pictures of our garlic. Their first leaves have just popped up, breaking through the frozen ground.