Winter Hanging On....

Ok, so maybe the groundhog was right when he stated back in February that Olde Man Winter would be around for another six weeks.  Today, the beginning of the second week in March, started cold and gray with what we hope is the last punch of winter that is leaving us with a few inches of snow.  The ground, which is already very, VERY saturated from record rainfall the previous week, is waiting for the day that it can be tilled, worked into beds and planted with the early spring crops. If we worked the wet ground now we would ruin the structure of our soil and be left with impenetrable clods for the rest of the year. So we wait.

  





 However, under the warmth of the plant lights the seedlings are doing their thing and starting their growth to get to the size they need to be to be transferred to the great outdoors.  Other crops that will be direct seeded stand by for their time to get into the ground. Onion sets, some garlic that didn’t get planted last fall, and seed potatoes that are starting to sprout wait patiently in the seedling room.  Or on that day when the sun does shine, a few hours to bask in the sunlight.

 

  

Seedlings taking advantage of sunny day on the front porch



With the growing season and its 16 hour work days rapidly approaching, we take a moment to get outside and be a kid again by tossing a few snowballs (not too hard) at the wife and enjoy what we hope is the last of winter and the wait for the coming of warm days and blue skies.