Gotta keep this place updated so that next year, I can look back and see dates and pictures and such!

First, here is the cabbage patch.

Good gravy, these plants are thriving… and really desiring to go into the ground.  It’s just not time yet… By Friday our lows are supposed to finally move up into the 30’s, and I hope it swiftly goes up from there.   I really would like to get the peas in the ground and some cabbages out by the 15th, I’m just not sure that’s going to happen.

Here are the tomato seedlings.

Most of them are sprouting their first true leaves already , so that’s cool.  The only tomato that I had poor germination on was the Roman Candle.  But since I wasn’t entirely sure I wanted to plant those again, I can live with that.  Other than that, I had one variety where only one sprout came up of the two planted.  Since it’s new to me, I’m fine with just the one. (I don’t remember which it is off the top of my head though…)But  I have my first concern.  On all of the plants, the cotyledons are looking a bit droopy.  Apparently, I need to pot up, so a trip to the garden center tomorrow is a must for the pots, as I am completely out.  Now, I just need to figure out where I’m going to put all the potted up tomatoes! Yikes!

And finally from the great outdoors, here are my chives, which is pretty indicative of how the rest of the garden looks.

Brown, brown, brown.  It’s just too cold yet.  I see that the very hints of beginnings of buds are beginning on some of the shrubs, and my mom has some tulips coming up, as well as her crocuses, so surely, warmer days are on the horizon.

Today I also gave all of the more established veggie plants in the house a good dose of fertilizer.  It looks like it’s going to be awhile before we can even begin the hardening off process, so I want to make sure they stay healthy.  After looking at a few brands of fertilizer, I settled on a simple one from Scotts that is a balanced 10-10-10 fertilizer, meaning it provides a little bit of everything, as far as nutrients goes.  Depending on how it performs, I may also use it in the gardens this year.