Green Garden Diary

 

Welcome Spring!

Wordless Wednesday

Feels Like Spring

Today it was in the high 60's. It feels like Spring. Yesterday was almost as warm. I was out in the garden sprucing up the place, getting a jump on the season. I don't like the unseasonably warm weather. I'm probably in the minority here.
The rosemary is still alive. It is usually dead by now. I do love having fresh rosemary, but it's just not normal for the bush to be alive now.
I can only imagine how bad bugs will be this year! Happens when the winters are warm. Oh, did I mention that I got a tick yesterday? ALREADY!
Until next time.....

Seed Starting

The first day of March turned out to be a gorgeous day. Sunny and warm. Very warm. Too warm for this time of year. I spent part of the afternoon starting seeds for the 2012 garden. We've had these seed starting flats for 20+ years. They are fabulous. I can't say enough good things about them. Easy to use, self watering, they stack easily for off season storage and they have tops that you can use to turn them into mini green houses. We have two sizes. All of the seeds that we start that don't get sown directly into the garden begin here.

I make my own seed starting mix. The recipe can be found here, but you can find some wonderful ready made mixes these days.

Yesterday I started broccoli, garlic chives, two varieties of onions and parsley. I'm looking forward to seeing the green sprouts. I'm ready to get my hands dirty. Let the gardening begin.

About That Lion

This is the only lion we saw around here today. The unseasonably warm weather continues. Bulbs are blooming. Flowering trees are blooming or budding. Spring storms popped up yesterday and are predicted for tomorrow. And after all of the rain, frogs started singing.  But on this first day of March, all is calm and quiet and sunny. Very sunny. And warm. Althea is in need of a pair of sunglasses. Must check Etsy.
I got some onion sets in the ground before the rain yesterday. Today I started broccoli, onions, parsley and garlic chives in flats. I'll post some pictures tomorrow, when it's raining again.
Hope you too are enjoying an early spring.