Happy Spring!

Goodbye, Winter!
Today is the first day of Spring! Woohoo! In honor of this special day, I decided to go sockless and I thought I would tell you about my garden (to be).

I have never gardened in Utah, and according to everyone I know, we have a short growing season. I'm gathering the supplies I need to do a square foot garden within a raised bed. In the meantime, I started some seeds indoors. It was only 19 degrees outside last night, so the seedlings will be staying in the house for a while yet.

Don't they look adorable, sitting there in my sunny window?

 I've got peas, carrots, beets, heirloom tomatoes, and a few different types of lettuce going.

 The ones under plastic were just planted yesterday (heirloom cherry tomatoes and heirloom carrots). The plastic wrap creates a little greenhouse effect to keep them warm and encourage germination.

 Speaking of germination, when I was a kid, I thought "germination" sounded like a bad word, so I giggled a little every time I had to use it. I almost didn't make it through my 6th grade science fair project!

 Don't you love how they stretch and reach toward the sun? I feel exactly the same way. Give me some sunshine and I am one happy girl.

Starting seeds indoors is pretty simple. I bought a bag of soil specially formulated for starting seeds. Keep them moist and keep them warm. They'll start to germinate (hee hee) within a few days. I ordered some heirloom seeds from Amazon.com, and they should be arriving within the next week. I'm planning to have a 4ft. square bed, and I'll post when I get it built.

I'm looking forward to the warm weather to come, and I'm especially looking forward to enjoying fresh veggies all summer! Happy Spring!