First I must throw my apology out to all for not uploading my blogs this past fall. I took pictures, wrote them and never posted them. Everything happened so quickly with the harvests coming in, the freezing, baking, drying and baking. It was an awesome first season with my northern garden.
This winter has brought us the enjoyment of savoring the fruits of our labor. They have certainly saved us lots of cash along with the satisfaction of knowing we grew it ourselves and they do not contain any unnecessary preservatives.
That brings me to today. A cool, crisp winter day where the sun reflects brightly on the raised beds so it feels like spring. Maybe it is the birds singing or maples beginning to run. I’m sure it is the seed catalogs and seedling trays that I’m looking at that are making this an exciting time. I don’t know about everyone else, but those seed catalogs really get me anxious to get the garden going.
The time this winter has been used well. Some bird houses have been rebuilt. The roto-tiller has been serviced. As well as both lawn mowers. Inventory on the hand tools has revealed that some of them needed some repair and reinforcing which was done promptly. Hopefully, this will leave us with an uneventful planting season.
I’ve taken a good look at which plants did well up north and which ones I want to leave off my “honey-do” list. Visions of fresh peas, spinach, herbs, tomatoes,and italian peppers are running through my brain. I shall work on my calendar this week and begin to start some seeds. I will post which kinds I have chosen as I discover them myself.
