Little Winters

Oh yes - we are still having little winters as my grandma used to call them.  We had a cold snap last weekend which she would call "Red Bud Winter".  This weekend we are having a very cold snap that included a freeze warning for most of Middle Tennessee - this would be "Dogwood Winter". We are not out of the woods yet - there will be "Honeysuckle Winter" and "Blackberry Winter".

Dalton and I planted some more red and white onions this week. The "taters" are coming up. Darren and the boys covered them last night with a tarp. This time last year we had green beans that got nipped pretty bad by the frost so we are holding off on planting a lot till we are sure there will not be a frost.  I just hope our trees did not get nipped. The peach trees had already bloomed and were putting on leaves. The apples trees have just started putting on buds.

Dalton and I stopped by Lowe's last Sunday after church. Oh they had so much that we wanted to get, but I told him it was just too soon and that I wanted to plant most of my stuff from seed. He has made a mental list of what he wants in each of my flower beds not to mention the trees that he thinks we should get.  He told me he had $20 dollars that he would put toward a tree fund. I think he may grow up to be a landscaper/designer.  My Mason is the opposite he has no interest in gardening. I hope to eventually change his mind.

I think we will have a really good strawberry patch this year. The plants are gorgeous and putting on blooms like crazy!  I'm already planning on making strawberry, blackberry, raspberry, and plum jam!! I will be busy!

P.S. Parsley is still alive!

April Showers Bring May Flowers!

April showers bring May flowers.....At least I hope it does! I have never been able to start flowers from seed in pots, but I also do not have the proper equipment like a lamp, or green house etc... Today Dalton and I spread some compost over our flower beds and cleaned them up a bit.  I sewed the seed straight into the ground (thought I might have better luck). I decided to plant my herbs in the new flower bed Darren built me last year near the house. I have had a lot of success with planting the herbs in my garden beds, but I want them more accessible.  We sewed Daisies in the front flower bed and we sewed the Marigolds and Dill in pots. By the way my Parsley is still alive in the kitchen window and I even used it in a recipe the other day. I found some Daffodil bulbs in the building that have been there since November in a plastic bag; they have come out and bloomed!! I planted them in the front bed around the Hyacinths.

Daffodils - been in building all winter!

 I'm not going to buy a lot of annuals like I normally do. I want to try to start some plants with seed this year. Eventually I want a small green house so that I can start all my flowers and vegetables with seeds.

Taters & Onions

My hubby planted  red and white onions and some Red Pontiac potatoes. The weather changed up a little and the ground was pretty wet. Hopefully the potatoes won't rot. We bought the potatoes and onions about a month ago and didn't get to plant them until now.