Seed Starting Round 1: I'm going to regret this...

The ground is totally frozen and the cold weather (low of 19 degrees) chipped off all the paint on my newly built sweet pea trellis and planter boxes for the raspberries. Blast! So I decided to rebel against Mother Nature by starting some seeds inside. Last year all of my seedlings got leggy - only the 'Earl Grey' larkspur survived - and it was ugly and gangly to boot! I started leeks, Brussels Sprouts, peppers, cherry tomatoes and artemesia seeds. In January I took slips of geraniums I bought at the end of the season. They look completely dead, but I couldn't get a close up of the little buds starting to emerge - hardy little bastards. I had a light bulb moment (could even be called an Aha moment!) and realized that I should put all of the geraniums in terra cotta this year so both can be overwintered in the garage. Duh! Gardening is true trial and error.

Less than 2 months to go until the Last Hard Frost Date - March 24th according to Farmer's Almanac. Note: Zone 4/5 boasts 232 growing days and the Last Fall Frost is November 11th. So if you don't know now you know, jigga. Also please note: I realize that mortgage is spelled incorrectly - but don't you think it adds a little something...extra desperation?

In other news: Joel had a productive weekend - we visited 3 hardware stores in total to look for a "tap and drill" to fix the boat motor. The garage was spiffed up and organized and the 4Runner was even cleaned out. Had a great dinner with Emily and Jesse and ripped on all of the Miss America contestants. Nice little Saturday...