[Diana in Wisconsin]

Begun is half done, Right? RIGHT?!?! WHAT a mess!

The only way IN is THROUGH...or something like that!

Finished set-up. Cleaned up, de-cluttered, de-junked and a place for everything!

Storage for long tools and trash.

The beautiful planting flats that Beau made for me. When items on the shelf below go outside for the season, I can easily fit up to 30 flats of stuff in here, now!

Water storage for spring seedlings, before the hoses get hooked up for the season.

Storage for flats and humidity trays and recycled starting pots.

Beau ran a rod across the top of the greenhouse for hanging storage of my gathering baskets and misc. items. I'm short, so I don't bump my head.

Potting area. Beau cut me a piece of plywood for a better potting surface. The storage below holds the HUGEMONGUS bag of Miracle Grow potting mix. The little 'greenhouse' to the left can hold 4 flats and is an upgrade from my bags-o-dirt and storage containers that I used in the past. With this double layer of protection, I should be able to start salad greens out there in March! Yippee!

Lastly, I have ONE bale of straw left over, so that's in there too until spring. I was thinking I'd find lots of mice and/or evidence, but I just found one mouse that had fallen into a bucket and couldn't get out.

ALL of my 16 beds are now cleaned out and mulched with straw and the tomato cages are back in the milk house where they are stored for the winter. I have pretty much a Clean Slate for Spring planting. And I am going to pay for this with sore muscles tomorrow, but that's what OTC Meds and Ben Gay are for, Right? LOL! So HAPPY to have had this blessing of warm weather to get this done!

[MomwithHope]

Wowie Zowie I am so impressed. Looks great. Is that green cold frame the one your mom brought you? Very cool. That’s a real transformation. We have 8 days of warmth coming up. I hope to get a transformation done in the garage.

[Pete from Shawnee Mission]

Diana: Your greenhouse is larger than I remember! Nice bench and lots of room and light to get things done! And a little Angel statue to watch over your plantings and remind you to reflect on the daily readings! ("Look homeward Angel and melt with Ruth!")

And a veranda overlooking the manicured lawns fronting your estate! :0

[Qiviut]

I made it out to the shop today - yay! Spent the first hour or so cleaning out the car - it was a mess plus I had hauled a bale of straw in the back, which didn’t help. I vacuumed everything & swept off the mats. Mom had spilled something in the cup holders & around the parking brake so I got that cleaned up. We got the car to the shop around 4:30 - the appointment is for 8 am tomorrow, but I like dropping vehicles off the night before so we don’t have to get up so early.

After working on the car, I started on the shop. I switched out the Army table with a smaller one the previous owners had left (not all that sturdy). My metal drawers are more stable on the Army table. A bunch of other heavy stuff got moved around as well - my back is very unhappy right now. I have a 6’ set of metal/wire shelves in the basement (not put together so easier to move) & decided to move them to the shop. That might happen tomorrow - I really need more shelves & I should have room on them for some gardening stuff, too.

It was a beautiful day - frozen fog this morning which made for some pretty scenery early. Then the sun came out until about mid-afternoon until clouds started moving in - nice & warm outside. Cabin fever is morphing into Spring fever!

BTW, I bought some stuff at the Farm Bureau last year to deal with the box elder bugs that came out of the cracks where the garage door frame meets the bricks. I sprayed in the cracks at the time & did it again this fall. On a warm day like today, last year the bugs were 3 deep. Today, I didn’t see a single one!