Well I do have a good reason, I was in school for 6 weeks for work. I'm doing an apprenticeship for gas fitting, I know I know, what am I doing being a gas fitter and trying to be a gardener? Well a girls gotta eat and I can only grow food for about 4 months out of the year here :) and as much as I wished that organic gardening would pay the bills, it doesn't.
Back to gardening though, I've been really busy. I started even more of my own flowers this year starting with petunias (of course), marigolds, snapdragons, dichondra, wishbone, alyssum, lobelia, coleus, violas and pansies just to name a few. I transplanted today, I have really been missing playing in the dirt.
I also transplanted tomatoes today, I really don't know what I am doing wrong with them though. I know that they don't like to have their roots played with but when I was done with them they looked so unhappy I'm sure I'm going to loose a few of them. I tried to take as much dirt as possible so I didn't disturb the roots to much but still all the leaves crinkled and the plants are really droopy. I don't remeber having this much trouble with them last year.
I got my greenhouse this year! I'm so excited, we put it up yesterday on my deck. I posted pictures on my facebook page, and today we had 70km/hr winds and it stood up nicely. I can't wait to start putting things in it! I got it from Veseys, they were the cheapest and I got it within two weeks from across the country. I have to say I've really enjoyed dealing with them, they have always been very helpful and both my light garden and greenhouse arrived in great shape, and you gotta love the 5 month interest free payment plan!
My tulips and crocuses are up, the crocuses have already bloomed and my tulips by the house will hopefully bloom in the next couple of weeks. All my trees and shrubs look good and my raspberries are doing well too. I'm so ready for spring!
Ok, that's enough for now :) will try to keep up with my blogging now that things are settling down a bit (I hope) lol. Happy Sunday, and happy gardening.
