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Cold Weather Blues
Soon I'll have my first little sprouts of 2012!
I was all set to finish getting the foundation for the greenhouse finished this weekend. Now they’re forecasting highs to be in the low 40s. That means that until around three in the afternoon it is probably going to be less than 40 degrees outside. I’m pretty hardy, but that sounds like not a lot of fun, so I’ve decided to move my gardening work inside this weekend.
This week I received my seeds for this season. I still have a pretty good stash from last year, so only needed to buy a few seeds. However, one of those was broccoli. I was sure it was going to get here too late to start. I was pleasantly surprised when both my seed orders arrived within a few days of each other, and only about a week since I sent them in online.
I’ve going to spend my gardening time this weekend planting the very early cole crop seeds inside. They won’t need sun until they sprout and that will take a week to 10 days. By then, hopefully we’ll have a couple more warm days and can get the foundation done and the rest of the wood painted.
I’ll be spending some time doing a video project this weekend. Hopefully on Sunday I’ll be able to finish taping the construction of my reading nook and can get that video up next week!
Always have alternate plans when considering outdoor work during unstable weather periods (is the weather ever stable!?).
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