Gardens??

No sooner do I get the grow box in and the ground ready to go and it's Utah.  Cold and overcast... Greenhouse or not, it's cold.  I have the squash and cucumbers started and they are cold and slow.

I'm pretty sure that it takes sunshine and warmth to make things grow.  I have been watering the starts and checking on them for 5 days and still nothing.  SIGH!!!

So... I am hoping and praying that we get a few days of sun to go along with our 50-60 plus degrees of weather, or I will have to bring all the starts in the house where we are 70 and no sunshine.

It is what it is I know, but it would help just to see the seed breaking through the soil line.  That way I would feel like I'm doing ok.  I want to plant the peas and carrots in the soil, but that is hard to do until I see the starts in the peat pots coming up just a tad.

Patience isn't my strength.  Gardens whether they be vegetables or flowers require some patience, and mine are pretty thin at this point in time.  Sigh... As I take a deep breath... and roll my shoulders, stretch my legs and arms and give it another day...

Will keep updating when I have more info or a pix or two to show improvements to the garden.

Right now... I get to play the waiting game.

Spring??? Garden???

I am never sure about the weather in this state... this past week it's been in the high 50's...   I'm ready to plant my garden.  The funny part about this we are so far away from the actual date of spring that to do anything would be killer.

So... This is what I'm going to do... Start things indoors.  Most plants take a minimum of 50 days from seeds...

Making a list of wants:  Tomato, sliced and roma, bell peppers, bush beans, cucumbers, crook necked squash and zucchini squash, maybe a cherry tomato too... I'm thinking maybe a little butter lettuce or spinach... I only have 1 grow box that is 4 x 8 but I can put some pots inside of the green house that we bought at Sam's Club.

The beans are best sown directly into the ground... I'm thinking some carrots, too. Soooooooo  What do I need to do to start these things in the 'green house'???   What ya think??  Any ideas on the subject? Or hints?  Or energy?  hahaha

A New Day...and More Snow!

Oh my... we seem to go from Winter to Summer with a day or two of Spring tossed in for good measure.

I have daffodils up and smiling at me with their lovely yellow skirts... yet I've not been out to clean up that bed yet...so they are coming up through the winter junk...

I see the snowbells with a hint of hyacinth's... The tulip leaves are peeking up through the cool soil...begging for some sunshine.

The cherry and apricot tree buds are starting to swell with a hint of color showing at the tips... Spring comes to our valley inspite of the weather... sometimes the snow pinches the blooms and the fruit will be put off for a year. Apple blossoms are still around the corner...a bit early...but swelling is the start of this process.

The forsythia is showing yellow tints... this is exciting... and it's freezing outside... It's hard to get excited when the sun doesn't shine. Then the sun peeks out from behind the clouds and the sky clears to a vivid blue and then you see the new fresh colors all around your world.

I have been sitting by a window today...to cold to go out...the wind cutting to the bone...yet the sun has been shining... Tomorrow I will go out and see the new treasures...and thank my Heavenly Father for the moisture and the sunshine and the beautiful Spring day in Salt Lake Valley...