Late Winter/Early Spring Cleanup! What do I need to do to get my gardens ready for Spring? What do I need to do for my indoor seeds starts to get ready? I am fixing my garden fence. I am moving grow bags, and beginning to prep as my garden wakes up. Following along as I cover my end of March indoor and outdoor gardening prep!

Sowing My Big Slicer and Beefsteak Tomato!For me, probably the single largest amount of seed types I sow, is tomato. I sow a dozen cherry/pear type, a half dozen plum type, and a dozen or so Beefsteak/Slicer tomato.FINALLY sowing TOMATO

** February Seed Starting Tour!**It took FOREVER for winter to really leave. (kinda not really gone yet, tho) I start my ONION seeds indoors early February. I start my peppers, mid February, and some of my PLUM-type TOMATO seeds mid February. Start chitting out (greening out; getting eyes started) on my Potato Mid February. AND, start my Sweet Potato Slips Mid February, too.

Some days, you feet it. Truly feel it.Tired. Sad. Sometimes Angry. Lonely. Sad. Depressed.Some days, it gets to you. Truly, imposes a darkness.Alone. Sexually frustrated. Angry. Dark. Sad. Alone.

It's CHRISTMAS COOKIE BAKING DAY!For the past few years, the ladies in my world have gathered, before Christmas to bake cookies, and catch up. When My parents grew up, all of their relatives lived within two blocks, in a sort of Greek Slum, outside of Boston. Family was important.

Making Lavender Lemon Jelly!I've been growing Lavender for 10, 15 years? Something like that. But this yer, was a first for me! I finally made something edible with the lavender I've been growing for more than a decade. this Lavender Lemon Jelly goes great with cream cheese on bagels, served on goat cheese, with crackers! Gardens are in New England, zone 7a and 7b.