This morning, it was 37 degrees F and even though it was cloudy, it felt like spring. I actually saw a Robin yesterday. We were visiting with our “seed crew,” Mike, Dara, and Sherri, in the living room before getting down to business and packing seeds and suddenly someone (I think Sherri.) spoke up excitedly, saying “There’s a Robin out there!” I looked and sure enough, he was up in a poplar tree in the back yard. Yea, spring!
Then, this afternoon, it all changed. Yep, the temperature is still in mid-thirties, but it’s snowing big flakes and lots and lots of them. Yuck!
I’m scheduled for a colonoscopy tomorrow morning and doing the awful prep today. So, I’m trying to keep busy. Instead of working outside, I’m transplanting more of our peppers. I’m in a hurry as the tomatoes are getting way too tall, despite being in a south-facing big window. They need transplanting and moving to the greenhouse, where the light is stronger. Onward with the peppers. I pull a peat pelleted plant, set in into a 4-inch pot, on top of about an inch of ProMix, then fill the pot with more ProMix, tamping it down with my fingers. The plants are labeled. When a tray is filled, it gets watered well and the guys are carrying them out to the greenhouse, dodging snowflakes.
The peppers out in the greenhouse are looking very good and I’m excited to get all of them out there.
We took a break at noon today and watched the PBS North episode we were on, Making It Up North. It was nice to see the gardens and all the green and colorful after a long season of dull colors and white. (There’s a YouTube Video of it here, if you’d like to see it: https://www.youtube.com/@PBSNorth/videos)
