I'm in the Greenhouse...

Preparing for the gardening season ahead.

Preparing for the harvesting season ahead.

Preparing for the preserving season ahead.

I always feel like I'm on 'pins and needles'

when I wait to see what little seedlings

will pop up in the greenhouse each spring!

Our Spring has been cool and wet,

very cool and wet even for the PNW!

I have been having a hard time getting

some of the seeds to sprout, even in the

greenhouse with a heat lamp going

night and day!

I've huddled all the flats together on the side

nearest the heat lamp and even put a sheet of

styrofoam between them and the walls

for a bit of added protection from cold.

The cabbage and cauliflower are up and growing nicely.

The broccoli, too, is up even at the end of the

bench farthest from the heat. They don't seem

to mind a cooler environment.

I was very surprised to see pumpkins poking through

even before the tomatoes!

Three kinds of broccoli.

Not all of these starts are for me ~

I give many to my daughter and

several people at church.

(And this is only half of the seed! I do

have difficulty restraining myself from

planting the entire package, but I was

running out of pots. Lots were given away

last year with plants.)

I thought perhaps the tomatoes were not

getting enough warmth, so I stacked them

over some newly planted seeds, closer to

the heat lamp. And guess what?....

A few hours later the tomatoes had started poking

through the soil!

We may have tomatoes this year after all!

But I won't 'count my chickens before they're hatched'.

Last year I had 40 beautiful tomato plants,

but with our cool summer and fall

they yielded very little fruit.

I'm not easily discouraged.

Like the ant (Proverbs 6:6)

I am preparing for a bountiful crop

to put by for winter.

Joining:

 Amy for

Preparedness Challenge!

Jami for

Tuesday Garden Party