The good news is that they purposely kept the greenhouse pointed in the same direction which maximizes sunlight and I can use it as it is temporarily resting on blocks.
The workers were also nice enough to pull the huge remaining willow tree (that fell during tropical storm Irene in 2011) away from its precarious perch dangling over the brook. They even cut it up into logs that I will work on once the weather warms up.
Speaking of firewood, the tree guys were nice enough to let me keep these logs that were cut along the areas of the two bridges being rebuilt. It's a few years worth easily!
All of the tomato seeds are started. These are some of my 2010 saved seeds from a few of my favorite varieties: Better Boy, Campari, Dad's Compost, Delicious, Orange Roma and Taxi. I ordered new hybrids from Totally Tomatoes strictly based on their extreme disease resistance: Bella Rosa, Celebrity, Charger, Goliath and multi-color Cherry (free gift with my order).
Over here, I have my hot peppers and herbs planted. The herbs are: Agrimony, Chinese Jujube, Lemon Basil, Lime Basil, and Rosemary. I also got some rare seeds (10) of Jiaogulan (Gynostemma pentaphyllum) which I hope to grow for tea. The peppers are: Ancho Grande and Beaver Dam - both ordered on Amazon from Seeds Direct. I ordered peppers from Totally Tomatoes: Biggie Chile and Cayenne Purple (free gift).
I decided to use 3 inch cells to start my onions this season. I simply added seeds by sprinkling them haphazardly about 20 seeds per cell and sprayed them with water and barely covered them with soil. My attempt at growing onions in 2012 failed - mainly because I was going about it very wrong from the beginning. Last year I grew them under the fluorescent lights along with the tomatoes and peppers - BIG MISTAKE! Onions (especially northern varieties) are all about sunlight and day length. My poor onions of 2012 must have been very confused... 2013's onions will be exposed only to sunlight.
March is winding down and soon all of this snow will be history. The sun is notably stronger, more intense now and it's only going to get better in April.
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