This past Saturday the sixty degree temperatures put us in the mood to start gardening. However, the reality of knowing February temperatures can change very quickly, dampened our enthusiasm for actually planting some crops. The lovely weather did allow us to complete some needed tasks like removing the tomato cages, raking up leaves and dead plants and burning the debris to lessen the chance of spreading pests wintering in the stems. If not for an empty gas can, we would have begun the tilling process.
This weekend we were able to begin another gardening project. We started seeds in discarded light boxes Becky used at school. We planted ten different types of heirloom tomatoes in hopes of having them ready for planting as soon as the weather improves. On Tuesday tempting us even more, we observed a Bonnie Plant farm truck delivering plants to the local farmers co-op. Using restraint we did not make a purchase. Tonight looking at the long range forecast we seemed to have made a wise decision. The low on Sunday is expected to be in the single digits- not conducive to plant growth.
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