Spinach sprouts...

They're up!!!

It IS spring. My knees are telling me so - as I've been digging and planting, my mid-age knees remind me that some days, they are older than the rest of me.

This is a quick update - more this weekend. Mostly this beautiful image of what's happening in the garden!

How do you know it's spring?

Rain & hail & March, oh my.

I am at the J.O.B. Driving a computer. It's raining outside - it's March in Seattle, after all... the Ides of March nonetheless. I would rather be wet and muddy outside. However, the bills will be paid once again this month.

I'm dreaming of... the tiniest beet greens emerging... nasturtiums... carrotling leaves poking up through black soil... the first thinning of spinach! You?

Seeds!

Okay, it happened! I could not wait a moment longer, so despite the intense, side-ways, cold driving rain, My dear friend Cheryl & I planted peas, spinach, and icicle radishes yesterday afternoon. It was about 40 degrees out, and thank goodness for raised beds and compost. The bed was draining well; the paths, mud and muck. A darn good thing I had hauled a few loads of coarse fir chip mulch down for the paths on Saturday, otherwise I think we'd still be stuck in the mud!

The night temps are due to drop into the low 30's later this week. I am on the hunt for some inexpensive floating row cover - called remay - or a cheap/free alternative. May be cardboard boxes - just to give those seeds a bit more insulation. I really really want some warm weather... what are you planting?

Onward!

On the other hand~

Since it's COLD and RAINY in Seattle... I am tempted to simply stay inside with hot cocoa and read seed catalogues. Not actually plant anything.

Tomorrow...

... is the day we rebuild our P-Patch bed and prepare it to plant peas, spinach & chard on Sunday! Sooo excited.

I'm really looking forward to getting dirty tomorrow. This week at the J.O.B. has been hectic - our annual fundraising event - and though it rocked, I am pretty much toast.

What's your garden up to this weekend?

Compost happens!