What is going on? It is still winter, by the calendar, but it sure does not feel like it outside.
Last night, on my way home from work, they were talking about the long-term weather forecast. Apparently, winter is done. The cold is gone, and there is a good chance we will not see another frost until November. NOVEMBER!!!!
I JUST STARTED TOMATOES!! That means I, when thinking I had a good start on things and would be ready to have tomatoes going into the ground come the end of March or early April IF possible, am now going to possibly miss out on a few weeks of warm weather and thawed ground.
And if that were not bad enough, my dad called me (http://roundbarnfarm.com/) to tell me he had just put in his first plantings of spinach and lettuce. <sigh> He is ahead of me. I have yet to set seeds or plants out this spring. He gets all of his tomato plants from me though, so he is not getting those until I have them ready.
I took a drive to a local hardware store to see what spring and summer gardening things they had out. The store was packed with people, and the workers there were struggling to get all of the snow blowers (which did not sell well this year), snow shovels and ice-melt put away and gardening/yard things set out. I bought some seeds I don’t need (can’t help myself), bought Patti a new coffee cup (found one with bluebirds on it, she likes coffee cups with birds) and as one last special treat Claire picked out chocolate suckers at Truffle Hill (http://www.trufflehillchocolates.com) and I got a pound of dark and milk chocolate turtles for Patti. I cannot stand the stuff myslef, but the girls love the stuff.
This afternoon I have to get seeds started. A lot of them apparently. Need to work with Phoebe on her spelling and sight words. Yard and gardens here need to be cleaned up as the snow runs away. So much spring and summer work to do, and it is still winter.
