In the changes made in our home over the last few weeks, our passion for doing has spilled over into all parts of our lives. Our meals have become even more delicious and light, and our energy levels to move out into the garden is amazing, our individual work levels have expanded, and our leisure time together has blossomed. All because we started “inside” first! We are the new seeds sprouting in the garden plan.

Our accomplishments have been easy to keep track of in my garden journal and garden calendar on Outlook. This will be valuable next year as well as a fun way to remember our journey this growing season.

Saturday was very busy, starting off with one yard sale – season opener! – but not very fulfilling! So with no loss of time or sorrow – we headed to the Green Thumb and shopped for plants with our remaining money. We got more starter soil and seeds. With such enthusiasm and an abundance of seed, I headed back 2x to Rankin’s for more soil and starter trays. The price of the seeding soil was much less at Rankin’s, as well as the trays. So now I know where we will START next year, and next year we will start with a bale of the soil.

Su.Sane has now planted 26 trays of seeds which average 32 plugs or more per tray, she has well over 1,000 babies out there in the greenhouse pushing their way up through that warm soil!!! Whew! I don’t know who is loving it more – Su.Sane or the emerging plants?

By the afternoon on Saturday, the sun came out, so we headed to the vegetable beds that Robert and Joseph had turned over last week. We planted three of the beds with root veggies, lettuces, etc. The beds look great. Su.Sane also planted the plants we got that day in the flower garden.

THEN, Sunday morning as we were loading the car with artwork to install a show at Carol Woodbury’s studio, I noticed the 2” high morning glories were hanging over with the droops. The temperature had dropped to 28 during the night and scared the heck out of those sun loving beauties. Suzanne brought them in, along with the moonflowers that are up, to the breakfast room. By our return at 5pm, they had recovered the shock, and have been fine ever since. But, boy, was that a horrid feeling in the pit of the stomach – they are so healthy!

Su.Sane is going to replant 2 of the flats with a newer tomato seed. The greenhouse has been great, but we did turn on the 2 -100w lamps as well as the heater to maintain the 60-70d during the night. We are so pleased with our greenhouse!

The art show went up successfully on Sunday. The opening reception is Sunday May 5, 2-5, and should be well attended. Carol has been so supportive and so excited about Clarity’s work. What a grand lift this has been to two very courageous, hard working artists. Her enthusiasm has generated interest in an audience we had not personally met yet. It will be very fun to meet them on Sunday. Her studio is amazing, very well equipped and very supportive to the body’s expansion as their artwork is received optically.

Joseph cut the grass – first of the season – Wednesday and it was delightful to come home to that sweet smell in the air. Snow is predicted for tonite and tomorrow – can you believe it? Probably not more that 1-2”, and hey, it is moisture after all. Then rain for Sunday. That should help push those little seeds into sprouting soon.

We still have about 3 weeks before we can put veggie plants out, like onion plants and seed potatoes. Those will go in the freestanding glass houses in the other two beds, as well as the tomatoes and melons. The seed potatoes are going into plastic containers. We are going to have so much fun this summer, whether we get an abundance of produce or not, the fun is in watching it grow!

We decided to enlarge the front area of the Goddess Garden to include a sacred garden. There are scrub bushes, etc. to clean out, but I hope to have that done before the blackflies arrive, so that will be my weekend focus.

Time for another cup of coffee and a good garden magazine……………

Sandra