Good Morning! :-)
There are seedlings as tall as 4” sitting 4 feet from my current seat. Even a tomato that has 4 fully developed leaves even though it’s only 1” tall!
Basil, oregano, cilantro, catnip are all up and as tall as 3”.
The radishes are slow. They’ve been in the medium for 6 days, and still no sign.
90% of the yard is now snow-free, but it’s currently 24* out there...
I am going to try barrier planting this year to keep the deer out, by using plants they are averse to (pennyroyal, mint, plantain, anything with furry leaves) as a shield to discourage their entering the cultivated areas. Having a creek as the back property line has its downside. Over the next few years I plan to weave the various berry plants into a natural fence. I am still trying to work out a gate that doesn’t look too obtrusive to place in the “thicket fence”.
Snow almost to my knees this morning!
One of my cats likes to race out the door without looking. Normally we shut both cats in another part of the house so I can get out to feed my chickens without “feline assistance”.
Today one of them didn’t get shut in. As usual he raced toward the door when he heard me open it . . . then saw the wall of snow and raced the back to the kitchen!
Can’t say I blame him, it was a workout just getting the coop doors to open.
It is so nice to hear the birds singing again. Same here with what I laughingly call Roller Coaster weather. Despite it being much cooler today than yesterday, saw the first bee of the season this afternoon! Dianthus is blooming, as are the daffodils. Lettuce is growing nicely. Trees are dumping plenty of pollen so there is a yellow-green coating to everything.