It's still snowing here!

Woke up, once again, to a yard full of snow! Incredible. I guess we really aren't in Phoenix anymore.

I am definately going to honor the recommendation for not planting in Zone 4 prior to Memorial Day. We'll probably end up having a blizzard on Mother's Day.

Our little sprouts are still doing well in their respective grow boxes. The Zinnias are outgrowing their accomodations, which required me to take off the lid. I had a talk with Sandy, my gardening consultant & Mother-in-law, about them this morning on the telephone. Sany thinks that the best thing to do is transplant those zinnias in a deeper grow box and get them into the sun.

I am heading off to the store now to buy some deeper containers. Don't want my babies to keel over and die.

P.S. Sandy is right. Taking care of a garden is like taking care of an children. They take up a lot of your time.

Babies have arrived!!!

We are starting to get some baby plants in our grow boxes. We are all so excited.

Guess we don't get out much... nothing to do in Providence but watch the plants grow. Ha ha.


So far, we have three plants that are starting to bloom:

• Basil (herb) in Box A


• Salvia (flowers) in Box C


• Zinnias (flowers) in Box C

Since the grow boxes all look a little too moist today (too much spritzing from my heavy handed helpers) we have decided to hold off on watering them for a bit.

So for now, we're just going to let our babies soak up the sun and enjoy growing.

The Gardening Team

The boys have decided they want to be a part of the "gardening team". Every morning the first thing they ask, "Is it time to water the plants yet? "

They're taking turns each day by being the person that gets to use the spritzer.

Sometimes they get a little carried away and start spritzing each other!!! Oh well, boys will be boys.

April Fools?

Maybe Spring really is coming.

There was no new snow today and the sun is shining bright. Yippee.

Much of the snow from yesterday is melting fast and some of the flowers out front are blooming once again. These orange crocuses (??) are just some of them.

(Of course now tomorrow we'll probably have a blizzard!!!)

In addition to the other plants we are growing by seed, I am also growing my first Rose bush (Double Delight) and a bunch of Hosta (Carnival).

Here's how my rose looks now and how (I hope) it'll look later: