Getting The Jump In February

Thanks to my new friends at wintersown.org and the influence of the Gardenweb Forum (which I really have to stop perusing). I was out in the garden this weekend filling newspaper pots with a 50/50 mix of peat and compost. You can see the newspaper pots inside the gallon containers that have been halved. I then sowed the seeds mentioned in an earlier post. I put all of it in the corner of what will be my new raised bed. I am gonna have to break out the sieve for the rest of the Season because my compost needs sifting. I did not for this round and I hope my weekend plantings are not jeopardized. Come to think of it I think I'm going to make a new sieve that will fit over my wheelbarrow. It was a little windy Saturday but the sun felt good.

Once I got going I decided to add two flats that I had in the garage to the afternoons folly. I got the winter sowing done in the nick of time because it started to rain/sleet/snow in the afternoon.

I did not have time to re pot the evergreens we put in the house for Christmas. They have been outside for a while but the ultra small pots have been irking me. (I'm disheartened cause I think I didn't get to the rosemary on the left in time and it 'bout dead).

I also got the go ahead from my beautiful and lovely wife to use the wood from the old ikea bunk beds for my gardening devices. I'm thinking bean/hop trellis and yet another raised bed. Before and After pics of that to follow.