New Growth

One of my favorite things in the world is seeing plants appear from a seed. I'm not usually very successful with seeds but I have great hopes. My carrots seeds have not come up and I have found that they are the most difficult to be patient for. They take a long time to germinate in optimum conditions. 10-25 days. We've had some oscillating cold and heat and so I'm not sure how the weather will affect their germination rate. However, the lettuce I planted has sprouted and the peas. I'm very excited about the peas. I am trying several new things this year. In a couple of weeks we will put in tomatoes, green beans and cucumbers probably. Then, corn, pumpkins and maybe some squash. I have a large area that need to be prepared for planting though. I haven't quite worked out how to get water I need there. I like the bucket and scoop method, advocated by the Square Foot Gardening book. I may have to just try to be really consistent with that. I would love to have a go at some things like corn and pumpkins. We also need more flowers. The last couple of years have been awfully dry and erractic and some of my perennials have had it. I did notice this morning that my two strawberry plants have flowers all over them. This is really good news. I have plans to put more strawberries in this weekend. I am trying to go slow, get things established before I move to the next thing. It is encouraging that I have seeds growing with all that's going on in life. Spring is a time of rebirth, regeneration and growth. I feel those changes in my bones. With Abigail coming and school there is alot of growth happening this year.