I’ve got it already and I’m blaming it on the nice weather we’ve been having–it has me in gardening mode. I’ve been thinking about trying out the “four season gardening” concept, so I’ve been kicking myself for not trying it this year. I’m sure it would’ve worked out great this winter.
My mom got me a cool book for Christmas, Gardener to Gardener: Seed-Starting Primer & Almanac (from Rodale Press–they always have the best books). I got a lot of good tips from it and can’t wait to try them out this year. It was a pretty quick read, but I’m sure I’ll be referring to it frequently over the next few months.
I’ve been flipping through seed catalogs for a few weeks now, but the Seeds of Change one I received recently finally inspired me to go through my inventory of seeds and figure out what I needed to order (my order was placed this evening). I’m trying two new vegetables this year, celery and broccoli rabe. I’ve only eaten broccoli rabe once and I thought it was pretty good (for a vegetable), but it’s hard to find around here so I thought I’d try my hand at it this year. Celery seems like a good thing to grow because I usually only need a piece or two at a time and it always ends up going to waste in my fridge before I use all of it. But, if I am successful growing it in my garden, I can go cut off a stalk whenever I need it. The only other interesting thing I’m doing this year is that I’m going to plant a bunch of different types of tomatoes.
So, I’m ready for the garden even if it’s not ready for me.