Spring has Sprung!

Spring is really here. We’ve had temperatures in the high 70s and low 80s consistently for the last two weeks and a fine coating of yellow pollen on everything! Unfortunately, I hurt my back planting the last of the top orchard and have not been able to finish a lot of projects that I’ve wanted to. I’m on the mend, but it’s hard to let myself rest when everywhere I look, I see things that need doing. It seems that is the most frustrating thing about farming, that come Spring, everything has to get done at once.
We finally got the big garden tilled and I am hardening off my 120 or so tomato plants on the front porch to get them in in the next week or so.
 
I work as a psychologist at a prison and I’m in charge of the mental health pod’s garden there and we are also way behind in get that garden going, so I guess that’s why I’m really feeling the pressure this year of getting gardens going. I have to try to put it all in perspective and remind myself that the world is not going to end if the gardens are late getting planted, it just means the growing season is a few weeks shorter. That may be a blessing in the end, because come August, I’m sick of picking tomatoes and peppers!
 
Happy planting everyone and if you are in need of tomatoes in about 6 weeks, I’m your girl!

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