Apr 27 2009
Spring has (FINALLY) Sprung
Sorry I skipped out on y’all yesterday, but I had family things to do. My mother-in-law’s birthday is today and we had to set up a surprise for her. Everyone in the family got together and purchased her a Wii and the Zelda game. And then, my father-in-law took her out to lunch yesterday while Big Guy, his sisters and I set it up. And then we all went out to dinner. It was a good day.
Even better, we got home yesterday at 8 PM and I had rhubarb and chives to plant. Big Guy and I had expanded the garden a bit more so I planted my first garden plants. We had gotten Little Guy a set of gardening tools so that he could help Mommy. He brought them to Big Guy yesterday morning: “Want to ‘arden? ‘ardening toos?” He tried to help me plant the rhubarb and chives yesterday, but thought it was more fun to pour dirt over mommy’s feet than anything else.
My herbs and strawberries from last year are doing really well. The strawberries went from thinking about blooming to full blown bloomage overnight. Yesterday, when I checked them out there was one little tightly closed bud. Today, there are blossoms galore! Plus, it’s sending off runners left and right and spreading out. The lemon balm, oregano, lavender and sage have all really come back to life. And, my meadow sage has returned as well… I can’t wait for it to bloom!
I think we’re out of the woods in terms of frost, so I should be able to plant my peat potted stuff too! The cantalope, carrots, snap dragons and catnip have all taken off. The lettuce and bachelor buttons started off powerful, but then really fell apart. I think I am going to have to plant those directly outside instead of in the peat pots. It was an interesting experiment to say the least.
And, this weekend, we’ll be able to plant the pumpkins and beans. The kids will be excited, one of the things they have been begging to do is plant their pumpkins. I’ve also picked up a class to teach which should give us some extra money to pay off the bills and buy some tomato plants and flowers. I also need to find some petunias. I love petunias.
I think I need a bigger garden.
One final note, 6 years ago today Big Guy and I went out on our first “date”. I’d totally do it all over again. 
