Spring is here!

We had our traditional first day of spring on March 15.  At our house we start spring on the first Sunday we can eat out at Scooby’s.  

One week earlier the girls and I got our worm compost bin built and started. Now we are just waiting for the worms to arrive! Hopefully they will be here soon.

The indoor seed sprouting is going like gang busters. I have cabbage that is so large I have no where to put them but out in the cold frame. It’s still about 2 weeks too early, but I don’t have much choice.  After making room I still have a bunch of great looking starts.

Also a note to anyone in the western suburbs….Home Depot has my favorite tomatoe trellis system again this year. I couldn’t find them last year.  It’s called the ‘Ultimato’ and should be up by the garden checkout lanes. It consists of 3 long green stakes and some plastic “snap on” cross bars.  While we were there getting paint, we picked up a 4 in 1 Apple tree. It’s a tree that has 4 different kinds of apples grafted into it.  I also saw a 4 in 1 espalier apple tree, but my wife wouldn’t let me buy it.  Probably a good thing. I don’t need another project.