Waiting for Spring

Here is my spring Christmas Tree. Started some seeds in January and will continue planting some each week until I'm able to plant outside. The red Christmas lights warm the trays and the germination rate of the seeds has been increased but it also adds to the ambiance of the living room. I've started mainly flowers such as begonia, dusty miller  petunia but I have started some of the onions and herbs this week.

Right now things look a little white still on the yard. I think there is about 4 feet of snow covering the raised beds. But I'm optimistic that soon the snow will be gone and I can start the garden. If not I'm going to have some very strange looking house plants. I wonder what squash vines would look like hanging from the curtain rods?

 So this is where I'm working for right now. We got a nice little propane heater so I can work on the porch. This way I stop tracking the soil into the house like last year. The porch gets down right toasty, even the dog has a little bed out there and stay with me. If I spill soil on the floor, no biggie just sweep it outside. No upset wife and I'm warm and happy to be playing in the dirt again.

  The seedlings are really starting to come around. Maybe a little faster than I anticipated. The geraniums already have their true leaves and the onions I have transplanted into individual cells and trimmed them down. I wont be staring any Veggies until March but it is certainly right around the corner.

January snow storm

   As I sit her watching the snow pile up outside and contemplate going out to shovel I sit with my computer and seed catalogs planning this summers garden. I can see the little white mounds in the yard and know that underneath the raised beds lay dormant, waiting for the warm weather and sun to bring them alive again. The birds are at the bird feeders braving the wind and snow giving the promise that in a few short months they will also be enjoying the warm sun and the sunflower seeds fresh form the garden.
   I have planned the vegetable garden and have ordered some seeds. I would like to get an early start on the onion seeds and a lot of the flowers. I think I'm going to try and grow the begonia,dusty miller & impatiens that I usually buy at the local garden center. I've got tons of flower seeds that I'm going to start @ the end of Jan. early Feb. I will need them for the flower garden and containers that I put around the house.
 I think, if this works you can click on/ or cut & paste the link to see the veggie placement page that I made.
file:///F:/garden/Page.htm