February 17, 2014 - Harvest Monday

The harvest was small, but it was tasty!

The first harvest of windowsill lettuce, Black Seeded Simpson.  It's doing quite well, so I'm wishing I had planted more!

Head on over to Daphne's Dandelions to see what others are harvesting.

February 14, 2014 - Happy Valentine's Day!

Amaya

Please excuse all the baby bragging, I'll get back to gardening soon.

February 11, 2014 - Seedlings in the Snow and Baby in the House

It warmed up to 48F this afternoon, so the lettuce and onion seedlings got to go out to the front porch to enjoy a bit of natural daylight.  Tomorrow is supposed to be even warmer, so hopefully they will be able to have an entire day outside.

Great-grandbaby Amaya came to visit.  Can you believe she's already four months old?  Such a sweet, precious happy baby.

February 9, 2014 - Snowy Sunday

It may not be gardening weather, but granddaughter Alicyn is making the best of our recent snowfall!

She'd better hurry and have her fun now...............

February 8, 2014 - More Snow on Seedling Saturday

Otto was not impressed with the latest snowfall.  He didn't even make it off of the patio before he said "to heck with it" and squatted!  Annie came out later, and although she didn't look very happy about all the white stuff, she at least made it out to the yard.  Mr. Granny had taken the leaf blower to yesterday's snow so the dogs would have a clear pathway to potty (that works great!), but we got another couple of inches last night.  More is expected tonight.  I have to wonder how the covered patio on the north side of the house, and the covered porch on the south side of the house both have an equal covering of snow.  Swirling winds?

 I moved the onion seedlings out from under the lights yesterday.  I think it was too warm for them, and they were growing rather fast.  It's about time to give them another "haircut".  The Happy Yummy sweet pepper doesn't seem to mind the cold window, it's getting a lot of new leaves.

 It's much cooler in the plant window, and the African violets will probably appreciate being moved forward a bit, away from the cold glass.

The lettuce is growing well, and the tomatoes are just about ready to move into larger containers.  Parsley has not yet germinated, but the seeds are so old they might not be viable any more.  I moved the two African violet plantlings (plantlets?) under the lights.  They should benefit from the warmth.

February 7, 2014 - Oh Yeah?

February 2, 2014 - Seahawks Rule!!!

Granddog Lola is a fan.  No doubt that's why they won  ;-)

February 2, 2014 - Here We Go Again!

A WEATHER SYSTEM WILL MOVE SOUTH OUT OF CANADA INTO THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST USHERING IN VERY COLD TEMPERATURES AND SOME ACCUMULATING SNOW.    ARCTIC AIR WILL MOVE SOUTH INTO THE FORECAST AREA WITH POSSIBLY SOME OF THE COLDEST TEMPERATURES THIS SEASON SINCE EARLY DECEMBER. EXPECT TEMPERATURES BY WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY TO BE AT LEAST 15 TO 20 DEGREES BELOW NORMAL IN MOST AREAS. MAXIMUM TEMPERATURE READINGS WILL BE IN THE TEENS AND 20S BY MIDWEEK WITH OVERNIGHT LOWS RANGING FROM THE SINGLE DIGITS IN THE LOWER ELEVATIONS TO AS LOW AS 5 TO 10 DEGREES BELOW ZERO IN THE MOUNTAINS.