Time for Spring!

Spring has sprung at our house and I'm really happy about it! Not that we got a lot of snow this winter, but I was sick of it already. We could have used a couple more freezing days to kill all the yucky bugs, but eh, ya win some ya lose some. Last fall I was determined to get my bulbs in the ground. This is what came up. Yaaa. so happy. Although some of them look kinda sick, not sure why.

The daffodils have just started blooming. They look kinda sick, too. hmmm, I'm noticing a theme here. Don't know if it was the kind I got or that they need to grow some more. We'll see what they look like next spring before I remove them from my flower bed. I wasn't able to put any tulips in cause some yucky bugs got into the bulbs and ate them. grrr, stupid bugs. I guess the good part is, once they ate my bulbs they died! I'll get some more this fall and plant the tulips in the spots where stuff didn't come up.  

 And here is our awesome low-tech greenhouse. We (lets be honest, I) decided that we needed to get started on the garden a little earlier this year. Last year we tried to plant some cold weather stuff and it didn't grow because we went right from winter to summer. Since I thought we'd probably be doing the same again, I thought we should get a jump on some of our faves.  

 So we got some PVC pipe, made a frame and then used clear painters plastic over top. I have a few ideas on how to improve on this next year, but for now, it works. Stuff is actually starting to sprout. yaaa. We put in beets, cauliflower, radishes, kohlrabi and carrots (I think). Hopefully we will get some good stuff in a few weeks. I'm so excited for fresh veggies.

The funny part is, you know how I mentioned winter straight to summer? We planted this, it snowed once, maybe an inch, and now it's been 80 degrees for the past week. Yep, I think we can say spring skipped us again this year. this is gonna be hell on my air conditioning bill. sigh