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A snowy morning.  I am reminded of my grandfather’s favorite phrase this time of year…..”it must snow on the robin’s back 3 times” before Spring’s official arrival.  We’ve had our 3rd snow as of today and now ready to move on from this long cold winter.

Busy days in the gardens, inside the greenhouse and hoop house. Flats of vegetables fill the tables and every day a list of new seeds to start.  It’s fun watching the tiny tomato seedlings emerge and imagine that in 4 months time these little plants will tower over our heads heavy with delicious tomatoes.

Scott was able to till the garden after a few unexpected dry days and we planted long rows and rows of peas.  The Spring Share plantings in the hoop house doubled in size last week with the warm nights and longer (and brighter) days.

We will need to cover the tender plants in the hoop house the next 2 nights to protect from the expected cold COLD! temperatures.  Hopefully this will be the last time and the row cover can be packed away until needed again in Autumn.

Maeve has been a big help with seed starting this Spring and at times I have trouble keeping up with her container filling….she’s also turning out to be an enthusiastic weeder.

It is important to take a break and relax a bit at the end of a long days work.  Here we are waiting for the Spring Peepers to sing at the pond.  Nothing yet…..

Our nights are spent organizing the garden lay out out and scheduling the plantings.  We’ve doubled checked our supply of packaging containers for the food box and ordered what was in short supply.  We are ready and excited to roll with the season.

Spring Share is set to start Monday May 5th.  We hope to stick to this start date even though it has been a long cold  Spring.  E-mail notices will be sent directly to all members who signed up for this share option as we get a bit closer to the date.

Spring is just around the corner.  I’m sure of it.  I have proof………