Right about now, we start getting a little itchy to get out and start planting. There is still so much snow on the ground and we won't actually be able to plant anything in the ground for another two months but we can't help but get a little bit excited. All of the seed catalogs are in ... Johnny Appleseeds, Gurneys, Burpees. We placed orders - 40 forsythia bushes, 6 white birch, 6 Norway evergreen, every potato imaginable, rhubarb, asparagus, etc... all in anticipation for planting - once it gets warm enough. We have been listening to new garden podcasts about winter sowing but are skeptical. However if you are interested in learning more about winter sowing - check out the site Wintersown.org. It's a little wordy, but captures all of the information that we have been listening to from different sources. Meanwhile, we have been productive, eco-friendly planners all winter - collecting every eggshell container, eggshell, can, glass jar, plastic take out container, etc... to use for planting seeds. We wanted to recycle as much as possible rather then buy all new pots or planters for the seeds. However, the basement looks like a recycling center with boxes filled with this stuff plus our normal recycling of 2 liter plastic soda bottles for aqua spikes and canning jars in preparation for the season. We plan on adding additional raised stone beds for the garden and will start building the beds this weekend along with setting up the planting shelves and grow lights. We cannot wait!
Thursday, March 10, 2011
Spring Itch
Right about now, we start getting a little itchy to get out and start planting. There is still so much snow on the ground and we won't actually be able to plant anything in the ground for another two months but we can't help but get a little bit excited. All of the seed catalogs are in ... Johnny Appleseeds, Gurneys, Burpees. We placed orders - 40 forsythia bushes, 6 white birch, 6 Norway evergreen, every potato imaginable, rhubarb, asparagus, etc... all in anticipation for planting - once it gets warm enough. We have been listening to new garden podcasts about winter sowing but are skeptical. However if you are interested in learning more about winter sowing - check out the site Wintersown.org. It's a little wordy, but captures all of the information that we have been listening to from different sources. Meanwhile, we have been productive, eco-friendly planners all winter - collecting every eggshell container, eggshell, can, glass jar, plastic take out container, etc... to use for planting seeds. We wanted to recycle as much as possible rather then buy all new pots or planters for the seeds. However, the basement looks like a recycling center with boxes filled with this stuff plus our normal recycling of 2 liter plastic soda bottles for aqua spikes and canning jars in preparation for the season. We plan on adding additional raised stone beds for the garden and will start building the beds this weekend along with setting up the planting shelves and grow lights. We cannot wait!
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