from my window | almost planting time

almost, but not yet... The leaves on the trees are just starting to unfurl and create the canopy of green that I look forward to each year. The shot above was taken from my deck yesterday. Even though we are itching at the seam to put our tomatoes and pepper plants into the ground, we hold off reservedly. It's still too early and last frost won't be for another week and a half. Heck, we even needed to start a fire this evening to take that cold, damp, nip out of the air. But it is time to start those cucumber, corn, squash, and melon seeds! Our ground is still too cold and wet for these warm weathered seedlings to germinate in, so it's best that we start them inside four weeks prior to transplanting (below is my five day old deBourbonne cucumber seedlings). They'll be ready just in time for the traditional Memorial Day weekend transplanting.