It's not that
this February is so bad, there's just so much snow and it won't stop. I'm trying to remember what past years were like. Definitely not the weather we've had this month. The roof is so thick with snow, I turn my head when I see it. What is that passage, "don't worry about anything, just pray about everything". I am trying not to worry.
Looking back at February photos in other years, we've had ladybugs flying all around inside the summerhouse. It was just lovely, heartwarming. "Spring is on it's way!" The days were getting longer. Anxious to get out and do what ladybugs do, they would be thick on the windows.
........But no sign of them yet.
However the peas for pea shoots have sprouted, and the Opal Basil I started, to cut for micro greens, have as well.
The onions have been slow, but not the leeks. I think I am going to bite the bullet and get a heating pad for seed starting. Does anyone have good luck with theirs?
Meanwhile, I plan to take another ceramics course from
Marla Benton in Mahone Bay to help me get through this month. If I can't harvest peas right now, I can make them! Hopefully the next few will be an improvement. So difficult to know how glazes will react. There's room for more if you are interested.
I sympathise (concerning the weather, I mean). We have got off very lightly this time - although we may yet get a bit of snow, even if it's unlikely to be several feet of it.
ReplyDeleteRe the peas for peashoots: what do you grow them in? Is it just ordinary compost? I have tried that, but with the peas exposed to the air they often rot. Maybe I should bury them as if I were sowing for "normal" peas?
Thank you for your sympathy Mark ;-) Re the peas...I use a sterilized growing medium, not the kind I make for my garden but shop bought. I have covered them lightly but not always and not this year. They really want to grow. You might try soaking them until you see them sending out the root and then, pot up. Don't keep the pot too soaking wet. Good luck. Thanks for commenting.
DeleteThose icicles look lethal and the snow so thick. I hope it will soon melt and you can get out in the garden again. I too bought Sarah Raven's cutting garden many years ago. I was also lucky enough to attend one of the courses she ran on growing flowers at River cottage. Sarah x
ReplyDeleteSarah, how lovely to have taken one of Sarah Raven's courses. With your new seeds, her book and the encouragement I hope we see some of your blooms on blog this summer.
DeleteI liked the the quoted passage...sometimes it is really hard not to worry!! The peas look like they are off to a really good start, nothing like fresh picked peas from the garden!! or ceramic peas in a pod :) Enjoy your class this month!
ReplyDeleteIt just looks so beautiful Brenda. Lucky you.
ReplyDeleteDo you put ladybugs in the greenhouse or do they just 'arrive'.
The snow on the roof would have me awake at night!
ReplyDeleteI loved the photos of all those fresh shoots. I'll bet the greenhouse smells really good.
Your little pottery peas are adorable!
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ReplyDeleteThose icicles are amazing, Don.t walk under them- not that it seems possible.
ReplyDeleteLooks like you could be right next door to me! :) No ladybugs around here for another couple of months. I am considering a heating pad for seeds as well. I hadn't fully made my mind up yet..... Wishing you sunshine and warmer temps soon!!
ReplyDeleteI have been praying an awful lot this month! I LOVE my seedling heating pads. They have boosted the germination rates and times so much, I don't know what I did without them! I have had broccoli and basil pop up in 3 days, petunias in 4 and columbine in 7 this year. The extra heat really seems to make such a huge difference! Love your ladybug picture, it makes me happy and hopeful!
ReplyDeleteYes, when it is so cold outside you have to be creative with indoor gardening and seed sowing. sprouting seeds are tasty!
ReplyDeleteYour house looks gorgeous with the icicles dripping over the edge but I understand the anxiousness to move on with winter. I'm at the point where I'm really looking forward to seeing sun and green. The ceramics course sounds like the perfect antidote to winter blues.
ReplyDeleteI thought of you today and wondered how you faired in the latest storm. From pictures of my brother's driveway, it was quite the snowfall.
ReplyDeleteThe snow arrived here in January and never left. February was a particularly hard month wasn't it? It was sooo cold here. We didn't have too many storms compared with what you experienced out East, but temperatures were so low it took effort to want to venture outdoors.
Today we were promised warm weather and sun, but neither materialized. But on the up side, the snow is slowly melting and I am beginning to think we will have spring soon.
I have no where to start seeds indoors. There is only one good window and it is crowded with houseplants. One of these days I hope to have some sort of greenhouse or summerhouse like yours Bren. Until then, I need to wait to sow my seeds.