It’s Planting Time, Right?
Whooo-hooo! It’s party planting time.
I know that you’re digging out from feet of snow and shivering huddled around a cup of coffee while your runny-nosed, snow-bound children run ragged through a house that hasn’t been aired out in months, but come on. I’m ready to get down and dirty dig in some dirt.
My garden is on board. Right, garden?
Hmm, garden seems to be hibernating. What am I supposed to do with all this pent up excitement? Thanks for nothing, Pioneer Lady for posting this gorgeous tutorial on building raised vegetable beds and getting me all revved up for gardening.
And thanks alot Gardener’s supply. You and your incredible and fantastic online garden planner that lets me select veggies and decide whether or not the cucumbers will twine up the same trellis as the snap peas. Just what do you think you’re doing?
The anticipation is fabulous. I can almost smell the sun-warmed squash.
So what that it’s not planting time. This is crazy fun.
Time out.
Crazy fun? Um, hello?
We need to talk.
Perhaps you’re forgetting who you’re talking to. I am the party girl who raucously rang in her 21st birthday on a Mardi Gras day much like today.
There was drinking and dancing and parades and partying on the streets of New Orleans.
That was crazy fun. And it was not all that long ago.
Or maybe it was all that long ago.
And I guess it was far, far away.
But how did this happen?
How did I go from shimmying to shoveling?
From drinking to digging?
From partying to planting?
Oy. I am staring at 40 and getting all hot and bothered about garden planners. Somebody send help.
Somebody?
Anybody?
Help.
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Own it, old lady! And take comfort in the knowledge that when ye old clarion call to party was sounded in the late 80s, ye heeded its call with vigor! I’m hoping to see some of that old spark on Feb. 27…..
Happy Mardi Gras friend! I hope you have a great day! I can only dream of the garden right now. We may have snow on the ground until April at this rate. I did actually dream of tulips a week ago. It was fantastic!
I’ve got something new for you to obsess on while you are waiting for the snow to melt. Go to Johnny’s seeds..my new love ..and look up soil blocker and soil block propagation trays and then watch the video..it will make those winter nights fly by..I can hardly wait to get my hands on the babies. And for the more advanced there are soil block nipples, but I am not up to that lesson yet.
I like the idea of doing those all at the same time: drinking, digging, partying and planting…groundbreaking party perhaps?
I wouldn’t mind a little mardi gras right now.
I so feel the same way sometimes about the old me and the now me! But I’m so happy that I’m here.
I’d love to start to garden one day. 🙂
Thanks for the Spring inspiration. Despite what Grampa said, you still are a Spring chick!
I’m so ready for spring here in Oklahoma but we are supposed to get snow again on Tuesday. I’ve never seen a winter like this one. I think I’ll order some seed catalogs tomorrow so I can at least dream about spring gardens.
I feel like planting season is light years away.