Feeding the Soil

We bucked the advice given to us about gardening in Colorado and decided to plant our tomatoes before Mother’s Day. It doesn’t seem like we’re going to have a frost before then. However, I do worry that the soil may be a little too cold.

When will I learn to follow directions? Argh! If I had a green thumb, then maybe I could get creative. Alas. We’ll see what happens…

Here we go again: bucking advice and moving forward with our own plan.

We planted a tomato plant and a bell pepper plant (it’s before Mother’s Day, which is a major no-no in Colorado). But then again, we did plant them inside our warm and toasty Early Starters, so they should be okay.

Then again, snow is expected tomorrow night. Egad!

P.S. The spinach sprouted!

The P.E. coach at my school asked if I wanted to join him and another teacher for a drink after school. “Sorry, Coach,” I replied, “I have to take care of my kids.”

Astonished, he replied, “I didn’t know you had babies at home.”

I explained that I did, in fact, have baby sprouts in the garden and that they needed to be watered.

And aren’t they so cute? The white onions are doing really well. We’ve also got radishes, red onions, and wild flowers. No sign of the carrots or spinach.

A couple of sprouts have appeared in each hole, so I simply snipped them down to one (since … Read More