It's on my to do list!

I didn't update throughout all of February because there pretty much wasn't anything to update. It rained quite a bit in February and while we had some absolutely gorgeous days, memory served me that we would get one more hard freeze before the end of Spring Break. And sure enough, One March 20, the Vernal Equinox or First Day of Spring, the high for the day of 63 (F) was attained at precisely midnight. By noon on the First Day of Spring, the temperature was 32 (F) and was beginning to make it's slow climb up. By Monday, the temperature was back hovering around 70 and it looks like the weather is predicted to be in the high 70s through Easter.

So for February, I didn't really do a lot to the yard. I got some ideas which I think I may have mentioned but I'll state again here. I'm going to put Cypress Trees in the corner where the electricity pole is. That corner is pretty much due west and in the summer time the setting sun is brutal so I hope by putting trees there they'll block it from our eyes when sitting on the porch. I'm still planning on pulling up all the grass and putting in a ground cover and have settled on Asian Jasmine. The nearest Lowe's carries it in individual seedling pots so I bought 2 to see how they would do in my little corner. I put them in around the first of March and so far so good!

And what else is on my to do list? Well.....

Seeds!

It's amazing how easy it is to run away with a task. Originally, my plan was to start very small, maybe 3 different types of plants. While at Hobby Lobby in January, I found peanuts in one of those science education kits for kids. I decided to also try sunflowers and watermelon. Our rosemary from last year didn't make it through the hard winter so I had to buy another one of those and we decided we also wanted to grow our own basil. My next door neighbor is also embracing sustainable living so he gave me some red cabbages because he bought to many for himself. And.... I also wanted to grow some moonflowers because I have always wanted a moon garden which will be in my little corner that I've been working on.
so I ended up with


So now we have Peanuts, Sunflowers, Watermelon, Basil, Moonflower, Corn, Cucumber and Pumpkin. Did I mention we're trying to grow Corn, Cucumber and Pumpkin? They were only 20 cents each at Wallyworld so I decided, why the heck not? The only thing is now that I've got all these seedlings, I need to figure out if I'm going to put them all in containers or am I just going to jump in the deep end and put in a raised garden.

I did meet a neighbor who it turns out has the blog, The Urban Owl. Michael has converted his entire backyard into a garden and is selling his produce! In my ultimate fantasy, I would like to attain something like this. He is very knowledgeable and I completely intend to pick his brain as I get further along!

We also got some red wiggly worms and are trying our hands at making our own compost from worm castings (aka worm poop). I'm from the coastal area and further down on my to do list is to go back home and stop by the beach and pick up some seaweed which it turns out is awesomesauce for plants.

Oh, in addition, we grew some butterflies! Our first batch of Heimlichs are doing quite well but we're just waiting for the weather to get warm enough to let them go.


And with that, I leave you with