Friday, February 11, 2011

It's starting to get a little flowery...

So I planted an amaryllis and some paperwhites that were 75% off in January, and they started to grow about a week after they were in soil:



Then a couple days ago I came home and was delighted to see... blooms!



Aaah, the little bits of happiness to tide us over until real Spring! I'm really looking forward to the amaryllis-- I've never grown one before! But the paperwhites are delightful.




And I got a couple more batches of beautiful flowers today: seed packets I ordered from Seed Savers:



and this perfectly deep red bouquet of roses from Mike!



Smart man, getting the flowers before all the good ones are sold out for Valentine's Day! I hope you're finding little bits of Springtime to get you through these LAST days of winter! Don't let the below freezing temperatures and gigantic piles of snow fool you... Spring is on it's way, and you'll be sitting out on your porch drinking sweet tea surrounding by blooming petunias before you know it!


Wednesday, February 2, 2011

January Blizzard

We awoke this morning to a snowed in driveway. It was impossible to push open the front door, and we had to go through the garage and wade through drifts to even get to the car.


Here's the view when we opened that garage door:



And here's me walking around the car in snowshoes:


Preparing for the snowy awning to crush me:


Thankfully, Mike and I have no medical conditions that prevent us from shoveling, and we were able to clear his car out to get to work (4-wheel drive required!), and I was even able to relieve the night person at work to bridge until the day person could get there.

After work, we cleared the rest of the drive-- just a little exercise to get in shape for GARDENING SEASON!


I don't know about all of you, but my back is starting to hurt....

Mike said it might take awhile now for my crocuses to come up. They're under here:


But I say that white stuff is just a little extra insulation to keep them warm, and they're already probably starting to sprout.

Or maybe not.

Oh well. For now, garden, you sleep!

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I'm a flower enthusiast married to a man with organic farming dreams. We're enjoying developing our own outdoor paradise in our first home, with 3 little gardening girls by our side. When not spending my free time gardening, I'm recording our memories in my pocket page scrapbooks.