​Not a whole lot has happened garden-wise in the past week. It has been snowing most of the time since Monday, but today the sun is finally trying to break out from the clouds and my plants are glad to be back in the greenhouse after 3 days in the house. There isn't enough room for all of them near the windows, so they don't get enough light. 
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All the seedlings are growing fast. I am anxiously waiting for the Rose Campion I planted on the 22nd to come up. It is one of my favorite flowers, although I've never grown it before. ​

I spent a very pleasant morning yesterday planting Old-fashioned Vining petunias, White horehound, lemon balm, red cabbage and broccoli. Today I will be planting Glaskin's Perpetual rhubarb, and Corsican basil. 

With the weather being rather depressing for a gardener lately, I've been spending every spare moment staring at pictures of my favorite gardens and planning yet another flower garden of my own. Maybe one of these days I'll do a blog post on the gardens that inspire me!
I guess that's all for this update...I did add a Gallery page to this site with pictures of my gardens over the last 2 years. The pictures are out of order and I haven't figured out how to organize them yet, but I hope you enjoy them anyway! :)

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March can be a discouraging month here. Sometimes we wil get several glorious warm days and the snow begins to melt. Then suddenly it turns bitter cold and we get some of the worst stroms of the season! 

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                                                  Snow pile outside my greenhouse door!

Every year I find myself worrying that the snow will never melt and there will be no spring at all. But it always does melt and spring arrives at last.
Today was one of those lovely days when the sun shone so bright and warm, I wished I could work in the gardens, but thjey are still buried under a couple feet of snow, and tomorrow it will be wintry again. 

Right now is seed starting time and I already havea few trays of seedlings. Bianco Di Maggio and Yellow of Parma onions, heliotrope and heartsease were all planted on the 22nd of February. Never having grown heliotrope before, I read that it takes 4-6weeks to germinate. So imagine my surprise when they sprouted in only a few days! 

On March 10th, I planted Ajvarski, Mehmet's Sweet Turkish, Bull Nose, and Hot Hungarian Wax peppers. Because it was very cold at the time and therefore chilly in the house, I laid the trays of peat pellets on top of our pellet stove and it worked very well. They started to come up in just 4 days. 
Black Krim, Hungarian Heart, and Pantano Romanesco tomatoes were planted on the 16th and Appleblossom snapdragons on the 17th. About half of the tomatoes are up today and a few tiny snapdragons are appearing also. 

A snapdragon seed is about the size of a fleck of black pepper and it amazes me that a 3 foot tall plant grows from a seed so tiny! I think it is more mind-boggling than an oak tree growing from an acorn! 
I have so many more seeds to start soon, but first I'll have to make more room for them in the house where they spend the nights and snowy days. I have a small unheated greenhouse where they stay when it's warm and sunny enough. Getting to the greenhouse is rather treacherous right now, with all the snow and ice. 

When the temperature is above freezing I haul the seedlings back and forth from the house to the greenhouse with a sled. Otherwise I make several trips, carrying one tray at a time. I also have a wagon which is a big help when the snow is gone.