Green Thumb in-waiting...

I've ordered my seeds. Waiting on them ....

Campfire Talk in February

Warm southern breezes made being outside today very enjoyable. Several of us ended the night sitting beside a campfire outside under a full moon. There's nothing better than eating food outside - even in the dead of winter.

I cranked up the lawn mower and got some of the remaining leaves out of the back yard. Looks much nicer.

On Monday, I'll get my soil testing boxes and begin that process. The vegetable garden, my rose garden and the front yard where the centipede grass is need to be tested.

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Spring '09 Coming Early

Today is Ground Hog's Day and we're supposed to use that as a measure as to when Spring comes.

Well, I use the male cardinal's beautiful mating song. I heard it this morning about 8:15 a.m.

Last year, he didn't start singing until mid-February - and the year prior to that was early that same month.

Clearing the Garden

Ok, I'm late again. But at least I got some work done in the garden today. The warm temps and gentle breezes got me in the mood to pull up the old black plastic and cover the ground with leaves. I added some lime, too.

I'm going to till the garden this year, add some amendments and then cover it back up with black plastic. I would love to use mulch, but the logistics of getting it into the garden is challenging. I have a composte pile in the back yard, but it's gotten full of plum trees that have branched out from the mother plant. I've got to get them all out of there before I can till the composte pile. The roots are about 8 inches under the ground and can be pulled if the soil is wet.

So you see plastic is easier.

Now to order my seeds. I'm late doing that, too.