With January quickly coming to an end, it's time to start planning this years' vegetable and flower garden.
I know it must sound silly, but I actually get giddy thinking about the new seed catalog. Do you get excited thumbing through the pages?
Yesterday, the much anticipated catalog arrived !
I started ordering my seeds from Baker Creek Heirloom Seeds when I still owned the farm. Click HERE, if you would like to order their free catalog, or just browse the online catalog.
So tonight, after dinner, I will begin my 2015 Garden Plans. I know my eyes will be bigger than my budget.
What fun it is to grow something new from a faraway land, like the Kajari Melon. It is believed to originate in the Punjab region of India.
In the meantime, I still have a few herbs growing.
Even with the temperatures dipping in the 20's, I have managed to keep parsley, cilantro, chives, and sage growing. I simply cover them with a large clay pot, protecting them during the night.
The Iceland Poppy (Papaver) offers some cool weather blooms.
Also, the ornamental cabbage thrives through the cool nights.
And best of all, I will soon have a pot of blooming narcissus
to cheer me on....
Meggie Mac
I order from Baker Creek and placed an order not too long ago! I am ready for spring!
ReplyDeleteI'm ready for a little sunshine, too ! Enjoyed your post and recipe....
DeleteSuch lovely pics. Meggie. Makes me think I need to get organised.
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Thanks Rosezeeta....loved your "winning dog" photo on today's post.
DeleteHey Meggie. What a cheerful post! My eyes are always bigger than my budget too. It's fun to dream about placing that big order! Your herbs are so pretty!
ReplyDeleteI usually go through the catalog and mark all the items I'm interested in....then, I go back, checking the budget, and order what Is more realistic. It's fun....anyway you look at it. A girl can dream !
DeleteI think this is fascinating - because it seems like another world to me. I can't imagine being that organised about gardening - and we don't have the weather to grow anything exotic outside. I'm a willing garden labourer though - and I think I'm going to have to be very willing this year because there's talk of an 'open garden' event in the village. Now - where did I put my boots...
ReplyDeletemy parents were the same way when i was a kid. it was so exciting. i miss that. no one has a garden now. to much to do and travel and see. i will live through you. can't wait to see your garden in bloom. will we? ( :
ReplyDeleteI love my slew of catalogues coming in too. I know Spring is around the corner and I have gardens to plant:-D
ReplyDeleteyes i also have eyes bigger than my budget when it come to seeds, but the dreaming is soo much fun :o)
ReplyDeleteI've had lots of catalogues come in and I have daffodils up, but it's been a cold week with a dusting of snow and ice, so Spring is on hold for a few more weeks, XOXO
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