Early Spring Planting: My February Tomatoes

What to plant in February? For me I am getting my first round of tomatoes started. I know it sounds too early, but trust me, it is worth the extra time and effort. By starting the seeds in February I can have tomatoes by June in New England. I go with the earlier varieties likeContinue reading “Early Spring Planting: My February Tomatoes”

A Fool’s Spring Cleaning

Some spring renovations have happened in the greenhouse and we are ready for the seedlings to enter the building. We had some shelves in the house that we weren’t using and as usual I was running out of room in my little seed starting area, so we moved that shelving out there and it wasContinue reading “A Fool’s Spring Cleaning”

Peas and Bees

We have our first real big snow storm of the year and it’s February! It started coming down this afternoon and should last until sometime tomorrow, with about 14 inches dropped on the ground once it moves out of here. One thing that I loved about today was that while there were snowflakes falling IContinue reading “Peas and Bees”

January in the Greenhouse

We have some new life in the greenhouse! I was trying to decide what would be the safest veggies to plant throughout the coldest part of the year and went with peas and a few different types of lettuce. I was getting a bit discouraged when I kept checking and there were no baby seedlingsContinue reading “January in the Greenhouse”

Beans and Other Things

I have been missing in action for the last few weeks after gracefully dropping my laptop onto the floor and smashing my little traveling computer into messy bits. For those that know me well, the fact that I dropped something would come as no surprise. They would know that I should not be trusted withContinue reading “Beans and Other Things”