Gardening.
This time of year the dirt starts to call to me. I have this desire in my soul to get out in the yard and play in the garden. It is usually to frozen / muddy to do much of anything, but I go out there anyway, get messy, and dream of the summer time and the food that I am going to grow in my garden.
In my quest for more sustainability, I have commandeered my flower beds, and turned them into vegetable gardens. I am planing carrots, and onions where my morning glories and sweet peas grew last year. When my bulbs are finished blooming I will be planting peas, and watermelon I planted blueberry bushes in the landscaping in my front yard, and my garden... oh its gonna be a treat!
This year I will have strawberries, raspberries, and rhubarb. Can anyone say jelly? Yum! The rhubarb is already peeking up through the mud. I can barely stand it!
Sitting in my south window are rows and rows of seedlings, just getting ready to go. Beef steak tomatoes, cherry tomatoes, cucumbers, zucchini, summer squash, and acorn squash.
I have visions of rows and rows of home made garden fresh canned goods lining my laundry room walls next winter. If anyone knows how to can... let me know. I have a pressure canner on my wish list.
The winters are so long in this area of the country. I have to make the best out of the 3 1/2 months or so of nice weather we have!
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