Amost Seed Starting Time

Backyard Birds - One of the Things I enjoy in Winter

Half a dozen seed catalogs looked at -- check

Seeds ordered -- check

Seeds received -- check

Ready for spring -- check

Looks like I have everything except spring weather, although we have had that the past few days. This week we had a foot of snow and a 70 degree day a few days later, the snow didn't last long.

I will plant my onions and tomatoes around the fifteenth of this month, a week from today. that will give me 12 weeks before planting May 15. A bit early for some but I have found that if I set my young plants out as much as possible that I can have very hardy plants by set out time. I will start flower seed and peppers on March 1.

Nice day again today 60 degrees but too much wind for my taste. We have a secluded, protected deck where it is in the mid 70s, where I am sitting now. Incredible day for February.

Five Days Ago in Backyard

Spring and the New Garden

Must be getting close to spring. How am I so sure that spring is close? I planted my first seed flats yesterday.

Not much, only 72 cells, all flowers, petunias, pansies snapdragons and some very bright red poppies. Might be a bit early for the snapdragons but the petunias and pansies will need 12 weeks and that puts me to the middle of May. As for the poppies, have had a tough time growing poppies from seed in my beds the last few years. This is my first attempt at starting them in flats. If they get too big I will put them in a pot I can bring in at night.

March 1, I will be starting my tomatoes and onions. I have grown my own onion plants the last few years and I have been very satisfied with the results.

Tonight a good gardening class at the school—yep, spring is near!