A Taste of Spring

March 8, 2009 - Hooray for warm weather! Both yesterday and today were in the upper 50's! Unfortunately it's not going to stay for long, but it's nice to get a taste of what is very soon to come. AND it was the perfect weekend to try out our greenhouse that Joe built and give the plants a special dose of sun and heat. He set it up with this very cool bench to set our plants on -

Here's me bringing the plants in at the end of the day - In my right hand are some pea plants. We sprouted the seeds in a jar inside because last season very few of them came up so we wanted to test the seed. Once they sprouted Joe stuck them in some dirt and they're looking very happy.

The bigger pots in the front are some onion seedlings that I transplanted because they were getting so TALL. There are still a bunch that haven't germinated, so I'm hoping there's still a chance that they'll come up. Otherwise, it looks like we'll have about 8 onions this year...

We also decided to take advantage of the weather yesterday and head over to our property (where we're building the house, remember?). It was my first time back since the fall when we closed down our tent site, and it sure was nice to be there. It's so beautiful and peaceful, and it was nice to remember how much we love it and how great the house is going to be. These are some pics Joe took of the stream -

We had to take some measurements because Joe has some new ideas about where exactly we're going to put the house. He continues to rework and improve the plans, as he's determined to get it just right. As of right now, I may have a sunny loft in my near future! Here he is flipping through books (which are beginning to overtake our tiny little apartment) looking for ideas -


To keep up with my weekend planting schedule, I started a bunch of pepper seeds yesterday. All our seedling are doing quite well. So far the growing season is off to a great start!