Everyone will be pleased to know my fickled mood has improved vastly since the weather is better. The calendar says it is February but outside feels like April! The trees are budding and a volunteer lettuce seed has sprouted in the warming soil. That should not be happening in February.
My neighbor who gives me horse manure has replaced his broken trailer with a new one and has brought two loads.
It is too late in the season to put a large amount on the garden since it is extremely fresh. The garden smells so pungent that it takes your breath away but I am dancing!
The garden has awakened to the glorious sunshine and is producing again.
The spinach bed has enough that we can enjoy winter salads again.
Finally! We can harvest without concern for the limited supply.
Planting has begun.
Last year it cost $60 to buy seed potatoes. I thought that was outrageous since what you are getting are unsprayed rotten potatoes. So, I saved a large amount of last year's harvest and encouraged them to sprout. Storing them in dried grass in stacked flat boxes in my basement worked great.
The potato bed is slowly being covered in raked leaves.
Seed starting has begun.
I know it is far too early to get spring fever. It could easily switch back to freezing cold and the fruit tree buds plus anything tender would be killed. However, one year spring came a month early. I had gambled and planted early expecting a late frost to wipe the garden out but it didn't. It was the best harvest ever because an extra month of growth made a huge difference. Maybe for once nature will be kind and not behave horribly like last fall. Well, at least I can hope.
