Seeds!

We have all our seeds now for the summer. Here is a list of all the things that will be in our garden:

Hart Seed Co	Basil	Sweet Basil
Seeds of Change	Bean, Bush	Bountiful Stringless Snap Bush Bean Heirloom
Botanical Interests, Inc	Bean, Edamame	Edamame Soybean butterbean
Amish Land Seeds	Bean, Pole	Old Homestead Bean
Gurneys	Carrot	Carrot, Tendersweet
Plantation Product's Inc	Cilantro	Longstanding Cilantro
Botanical Interests, Inc	Corn, Sweet	Corn Sweet (se) Luscious
Seeds of Change	Corn, Sweet	Hocker's Sweet Corn Heirloom
Territorial Seed Company	Cucumber	CU292 Marketmore 97 Slicing Cucumber
Renee's Garden	Greens: Arugula	Italian Arugula
Gurneys	Greens: Lettuce, Leaf	Leaf Lettuce, Blend
Renee's Garden	Greens: Mix	Monet's Garden Mesclun
Botanical Interests, Inc	Onion, Green	White Lisbon Bunching Onion
Territorial Seed Company	Peas, Sugar Snap	PE632 Sugar Star Snap Pea
American Seed	Pepper	California Wonder Pepper
Hart Seed Co	Pepper	California Wonder Pepper
Gurneys	Popcorn	Popcorn, Japanese White Hull-less
Hart's Heritage Seeds	Pumpkin	Pumpkin Connecticut Field
Seed Savers Exchange	Radish	Plum Purple Radish
American Seed	Squash, Butternut	Waltham Butternut Squash
Territorial Seed Company	Squash, Zucchini	SQ790 Black Beauty Zucchini
Hart's Heritage Seeds	Sunflower	Sunflower Mammoth
Amish Land Seeds	Tomato	Amish Salad Tomato Seeds
Amish Land Seeds	Tomato	Large Mennonite Heritage Tomato Seeds
Amish Land Seeds	Tomato	Matts Wild Cherry Tomato
Gurneys	Tomato	Tomato, Heirloom Rainbow Blend
Amish Land Seeds	Tomato	Kitten Katastrophe Due
Seed Savers Exchange	Watermelon	Blacktail Mountain Watermelon
Botanical Interests, Inc	Zucchini	Black Beauty Zucchini

As you can see we have a pretty aggressive list of vegetables this year! We still are still in the beginner's level of gardening but growing in our knowledge quickly.

One of my new favorite booklets are the "Storey County Wisdom Bulletins." So far we have "Starting Seeds Indoors," "Easy Composters You Can Build," "Grow the Best Blueberries," "Grow the Best Tomatos," " Build your own Underground Root Cellar" and then in the mail on their way to us we have "Wide Row Planting," "Grow the Best Corn," "Controlling Garden Weeds" and "Gardening Answers." They are each about 30 pages and cost less than $5.00 each and are chalk full of super down to earth practical advice.

In the next week or two I'll be starting my tomatoes and peppers in the basement. Today we were at Home Depot and got a shop florescent light so they can have light. I need to ready my Starting Seeds Indoors and Grow the Best Tomatos booklets a few more times!

Spring!

This sight does wonderful things in my heart!

I feel like we've been hibernating since December. I think our house would agree! This week TJ has been quite sick with the flu and has bronchitis. I never knew that the flu could be anything more than bowing to the porcelain god but it is! Fever, aches and pains and a horrible cold is the flu.

We are currently watching the Babylon 5 series. My husband who is ok with Sci Fi but not as enraptured as I absolutely loves Babylon 5! He watched it when it was on tv and is quite excited that I am watching it with him now. It's funny because I'm still pretty neutral on whether I like it or not. It does have an intricate storyline and there are several episodes I am quite sold on. We're on season four right now and I believe there is one more season "and the movies" as all the fans tell me. So we'll see!

Today when I woke up the sky was clear, the sun out and a light frost on the ground. As I drove to work the sky above was clear but in the distance I could see low cloud banks on the ground...low lying (lying? laying? hmmm...) fog. When I got home it was about 55 degrees with clear skies and lots of sunshine!! I took a walk around the house and admired all the green and bulbs springing up. Went out to look at the garden too. Last year I only thought of the plants we could plant. This year I just keep thinking about all the weeds. The garden is completely overrun with weeds and I'm quite overwhelmed! Where do we start? I have no idea but I'm determined to find out! I read somewhere that land that has been left to the weeds takes several years to get to a point where the weeds stop trying to completely take over. I think we have a long road ahead, but a worthwhile one if it means a healthy weed free garden!

Here are some photos of things!

Crocus vernus subsp. albiflorus...never knew what a crocus was till this week when it popped up out of the ground.

TJ helped some friends with a few household fix-up projects...this is his foot coming down out of their attic! The floor was very far away. Yikes!!

Look! I'm Mennonite! I've been considering wearing a headcovering off and on, for no other reason than I like them...got this headcovering off a good headcovering website!

I bought a mini-rose bush on sale and it was blooming during the snow. I think I lately overwatered it because the leaves are all yellow. But I'm hopeful (as always) that it will revive!