Even though today we are right back in the middle of cold and snow, last weekend was beautiful and my one wish for Sunday was to go look at seeds at the garden centre. We went from looking, to dropping $120 on seeds and a SunBlaster light fixture. The plan is to suspend the light in the laundry room and line up our seedlings there. They will be out of the way and probably much happier than on the floor of our office baking in the southern sun.

Last year, we ended up with gorgeous sweet peas so I am trying something new...navy blue. One line of fencing in our yard is an unfortunate white plastic but I think the blue of the petals and the green of the foliage will look great against it.

Once again, J picked a ton of veg to plant and a trio of sunflowers. He was really charmed and fascinated by the 14ft giants we grew last year. I am going to try to keep them in one large swath for maximum effect. We are going with 4 types of tomatoes, snap peas (which did incredibly well), zucchini, kohlrabi, carrots, beans and some lettuce for the containers.

Spring cannot come soon enough!