March in Idaho in our Yard!

Linking up today with Tootsie at http://www.tootsietime.com/
and GArden Bloggsers Bloom Day

If you want to see some amazing gardener's, check out these two links and take the tour - it is always amazing!

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This past week has been a busy week in our yard.
1 - I planted peas outside in the grow boxes. I saw the video linked below about planting peas outdoors in the winter and I wanted to try it. It was wet and soggy and I just kind of shoved them in. I am actually quite excited to see if they really do grow so soon. I should have peas about the time I normally plant if it works and free up those boxes for other things. It is great nitrogen boost to the boxes as well. http://www.simplylivingsmart.com/2012/01/peas-in-by-presidents.html

2 - All the boxes in the greenhouse are planted. There are all kinds of veggies in there, as well as herbs. (Pix below) (Beans, pease, lettuce, cucumbers, zucchini, carrots, broccoli, and more.)

3 - We planted 18 flats of flower seeds. I really have no idea what I am doing with this one - totally a new skill for me to learn. ( i have been reading lots of Tootsies posts about this!) When I planted our side yard (pix in header above), full of all shade plants and I had never done shade plants before that time. I studied and studied until I felt like my head was going to fall off. That is how I feel right now about the greenhouse. I don't know what I am doing!!!

4 - I saw this on how to re-grow store bought celery - very cool! So I planted on - if it works I will do more. http://rawfoodrehab.ning.com/group/t...w-store-bought

This next week I am going to plant the flowers that need consistent 70* - researching the how to's on this.

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Here are a few pix I took on Monday - I would go and take some more to show the progress but it is a blizzard outside and I am a wimp. I will do another post in a day or so to show how much things are growing out there.

This is a pix of the herb square all cleaned out. These are the herbs I have been using all winter. They were planted in about October. They look great! So happy there. I cleaned up a few and replanted Cilantro, Basil, Rosemary, Parsely, Savory, and some Radishes in the empty spaces.

This is the bean box. It has blue lake bush beans. The green things you see on the edge are onions.

These are chives. When I was out there yesterday they are about triple the size and height.

This is one of my helpers. You can see the milk cartons in this one that helped to keep the temps up in the winter. I will leave them there until it warms up in late April. Like I said I would go and take more pix, but it is pretty stormy out there.