Eden Keeps

The word for the week on our weekly garden journey, 2009?  Muddy.

making mud

We had tried to play around in the dirt some late in the week before but found the garden still too wet to work.  But last Sunday it got even wetter.

so we had a little rain

After almost 1 1/4 inches of rain, once again we had to satifsy ourselves with more planning and purchasing.  But we did get the tomato and pepper seeds, ordered weeks ago from Victory Seed Company, started!

starting seeds

Since the full moon has passed…

Full Worm Moon

we will have to wait until late March to get these broccoli seedlings in the ground.

too wet to plant

But just so you don’t think all we had was a boring rainy week, you should also know we enjoyed wind gusts to 44 mph with a high of 80 degrees on Tuesday, below freezing temps on Thursday followed by a trace of snow on Friday.

There was joy in the garden this week too.  Friday the 13th ended up being my lucky day.  I never remember ever before seeing a cedar waxwing… that morning was like never before…

a first time for everything

But never fear, we just decided that if you can’t plant, you just play!  And what could be more fun than splashing together in the muddy water?