Hello Gardenistas!

It's not quite the middle of winter but I am already planning and planting for my gardens.

I have a goal of eating my first beefsteak tomato by the 4th of July. With early seed starts in the little greenhouse and our outdoor raised beds, I believe that we can have a German Johnson and maybe a Mortgage Lifter with our Independence Day celebration bbq.

Tomato and onion from our past garden.

I'm propagating hundreds of flowers for a purple and white theme in my front English flower garden and orange, blue and white flowers for the back patio. The cutting flower beds will have an ecclectic mixture.

Most of the winter eating squash I plan to have will be Sweetie Pie pumpkins and Butternut squash. I find these last in storage the longest and have the firmest, sweetest flesh for pies, breads and side dishes.  Of course we'll have a separate large pumpkin patch for fall decorating.

A few Sweetie Pie pumpkins on our front porch this last autumn.

Glen has daydreams of canning lots of hot habanero salsa, raspberry jam and freezing all sorts of fruit for homemade pies.

A few lights are turned on in the little greenhouse now. Tomatoes, peppers and hundreds of flower seeds have been tucked into their propagation trays; some have sprouted! 

Heavenly Blue Morning Glories

To all of you gardeners...

May all your seeds sprout!