This may not look like much to you....but to me, it is PURE JOY!!!!  Arugula seedlings!!!!

 

I planted arugula seeds on March 5th, and have been checking them almost daily since!!  When the ground is warm they germinate in about three days.  But with all this cold, it's taken nearly three weeks!!!!  That's OK, they're up, and will be fine.  We love this patch of arugula.  It feeds us in spring, summer, and fall.

 

Next I better check on my radish sprouts out in the garden.  They've been subjected to the cold too.  Same family:  radish, mustard, arugula, cabbage, broccoli, kale.  They all like the cooler weather, just not below freezing!!   Right now, they are tiny, but when I thin the seedlings, we'll have sprouts in our salads.  So tasty!!

 

I hope you are surviving the extended cold weather.   Done any good projects??  Got any tips for managing "cabin fever?"  We'd love to hear about them;  pictures are good too.  Email me, and I will share them here on the website.  

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

Planting today!!  Even in the rain.  I don't care.  I just want to get them in the ground. 

 

And today's the day!!!!!!  Winter:  BE GONE!!!!!!

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!

 

How sweet are these? They are grape hyacinth, or Muscari spp.  They come in purple and white, and all shades in between. They are planted in the fall, and emerge in early spring. Very easy to grow!!  AND!!!!  They are critter resistant!!  Ya gotta love that!!

 

I have a catalog offering 15 varieties:   Brent and Becky's Bulbs  from Gloucester, VA.  They are in the Fall Planting catalog.  

 

Check out Roxanne and Jim's flower beds.  They have lots of them growing among the garden gnomes.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I didn't think it up....I'm just saying....

 

HERE'S TO OUR GOOD HEALTH!!!

 

I wanted to plant some garden peas, but......I didn't even venture outside yesterday!!

 

I guess we have to wait a little longer.  

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

Did you see that beautiful Forsythia picture today?  Yeah, well, I took it yesterday.

 

This is today's update.  It's SNOWING!!!  Also beautiful, but.......

 

We are not packing away the hats and gloves just yet.

 

 

HAPPY, UMMM, SPRING!!!!

 

We planted this Forsythia several years ago. 

 

See the tall, spindly branches?  I pull them down to the ground and anchor them with 6 inch garden staples.  They root themselves and grow new plants.  We just keep doing that until they fill in the whole area.

 

They are very easily propagated.  Try it!  Start with one plant and tack down long branches to create a hedge.  Good news!!!  The deer nibble, but don't devour them.  It actually works like pruning, encouraging new growth.

 

They are SO beautiful in the spring.  They look like sunshine to me.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

The sun enters the sign of Aries today at 12:15 pm;  otherwise known as the Vernal Equinox.   

 

That means it's officially SPRING!!!  GOOD!!!   We've been wishing for it since, ummmm,  January.

 

Our peach trees are blooming!  So are the pears, plums, and blueberry bushes.  The apple trees are getting buds, but we have another month before they bloom.  They usually bloom for my birthday.  

 

Being an April baby, I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE Spring.  My mom hates riding in the car with me in spring, cause I'm looking at everything in bloom, not focused too much on the other cars.  Can't help it!  I love seeing trees in bloom.  

 

I'll try to be better about posting the pictures.  Winter just got to me this year.  Too many days inside.  But we're back outside now, working in the garden, enjoying the fresh air!!!  We even got some spinach and kale in the ground. 

 

There are lots of beautiful days ahead.  Be sure to check the Farmer's Almanac for good planting days.

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

We love this cherry tree in Murphy.  It's at the intersection with the McDonald's.

 

I sent this picture to my sister who lives in Yorktown Virginia, and she sent this next one back.  I guess everybody loves cherry trees.   They just shout SPRING!!!!!

 

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!!

 

I'm here in Virginia Beach visiting my mom, and I've seen some daffodils blooming. 

 

Today Jon sent us pictures of daffodils blooming in my yard!!!!  I gotta come home!! 

 

Soon it'll be time to get seeds started for the garden.  See you soon.

 

HAPPY GARDENING!!