Finally! A garden-themed post.

Since it was a balmy 39 degrees yesterday AND sunny, I decided it was time to do something-anything-in the garden. Granted I have started some cold weather crops in the house and also at the greenhouse, but that wasn't cutting it. So, I took my peas, the inoculant, a shovel, and a trowel out to the veggie bed and got to work.

I sowed three types of peas;
Burpeeana Early,
Dark Seeded Simpson; and
Dwarf Gray Sugar.

I flanked the 'Early' and 'Simpson' peas around the garlic rows, figuring the pea should be over by the time I'm ready to dig the garlic. I placed the dwarf type along the fence, since I will be ripping them out before I plant any pole beans later, in much warmer weather!

Since my garden shed is on hold for a bit, I plan on using the sunny space to put in a few raised beds for tomatoes and peppers. That's the biggest problem with lack of sun; I am always trying to figure out a way to rotate crops.

I was less than thrilled to wake up this morning and find snow on the ground. Doesn't Mother Nature know that I want to get started with spring? Gee whiz, the nerve of some people. I guess I'll find out just how cold hardy those peas are, huh?

"That don't befront me", as George T. would say. Just as long as I get my peas before summer!

Seed order coming soon!

I finally got off my duff and placed my order with Pinetree seeds. Hopefully all my items are in stock and I get all I wanted.

I plan to sow my brassica family seeds tomorrow at the greenhouse. Ah, the perks of working for a greenhouse are without measure when it's 20 degrees F outside!

I also have some lettuce crops to start. I have some plain-Jane types, but I am looking forward to the Asian mix from PT. I am really going to try to grow a bit more of my own food than just my usual tomato/pepper lineup. My biggest experiment will be when I try some fall sowing of vegetables to try and store in my makeshift root cellar. I don't plan on having a lot of one crop, but am going to try a few of this-and-that just to see. I think it will be fun. I plan to take notes so that I can share my results with my Ohio Valley friends that might be interested.

Kentucky weather in our area can be tricky; it gets freaky-hot and humid in the summer and one never knows how the fall and winter will go. It can be mild or (like this year) really, really cold in the winter. It can be really dry or super wet. That can play havoc with trying to regulate a root cellar. I am still trying to figure out just how I can open and close the vent in the root cellar without having to go down there every night and day! I just know that some other farmer got sick and tired of hoofing down his/her set of slippery cellar steps to shut/open that blasted vent and invented an automated one. Maybe I'll invent one and make a bazillion dollars one day!

My arms are tired from scooping snow, let me tell you. I did have fun making designs in the light snowfall we got before this last seven inches. It was just enough to use a broom to scribe "I hate snow!" all along the tarmac, accentuated by stars, musical notes, and a nice scrolled border. Too bad that I did it too early in the day for anyone to see it before the sun came out and promptly melted it away. Sidewalk art is such a fleeting joy....

Amy and Fiona, on the other hand, are having a blast in this white stuff.

The above image is fuzzy, but Fi has a snowball in her mouth. As long as it doesn't disintegrate on impact, she can find her 'ball' in any pile of snow it gets pitched in. Amy can only hold her snowball for a short time before she has to spit it out and get feeling back in her tongue. Both of them have great fun at 'cold fetch' until one of them squashes the ball.

Here they are playing together while DH is shoveling a path to the gate.
(Didn't have my good camera, so the video is little rough)

Both gurls love to cuddle up when the weather is chilly. We keep the thermostat down pretty low and they figured out pretty quickly that laying on a human is like their own personal electric blanket. They don't get away with that with this human, but the other human in the house is known to be the weakest link and they haul their dog butts up there on a nightly basis.

Fiona looking smug upon attaining
LapDog status.

There is yet another batch of snow coming on Sunday (be still my beating heart). Hopefully that is the last of it for the season. I am ready for some warmer weather, even if it's just the 30s and 40s.