Maybe this schizophrenic weather will settle down soon and we can start getting our gardens in order again. What do you think?

We had a couple of really hot days a week or so ago, it almost felt like summer as it reached the 80′s! All that sunshine and warm weather has had me sitting in the backyard again and I can’t help but look at its dried out and scraggly state and yearn to get it back in shape again.

Then, the cold snapped back! Just when I almost got happy and pulled out my sandals and put away my coat, I had to turn back around a day later and pull out my scarf and gloves.

Then the long overdue March winds decided to blow through and even managed to uproot a tree or two. WTH, right?

This week though, it’s looking more promising. It’s supposed to be in the 70′s to 80′s for the next five days with evenings only dipping down to the 50-60′s. I think it’s time to spruce up the garden!

It’s the time for it, for sure! It’s time to get out there and start sprucing things up and maybe even get some seeds in for an early start. Or not so early start, depending on what you’re planting.

And if you’re in need of inspiration to get your garden going, maybe this video of the White House garden will spur you on…. well either that or intimidate you! lol! Their garden is pretty darn nice and clean, isn’t it?

But don’t forget, Madame Obama has a staff of gardeners to do the weeding and tilling for her while most of us just have ourselves or at the most, a staff of one like I do. I call him husband, but he does a great job digging, composting and weeding. I talk big about OUR garden, but he actually does all the work. My main role is to decide what I will want to harves and cook so he can plant them

Tags: gardening, spring, weather

Here’s another update on what’s been going on in our other blogs.

On our review blog, FOUND NOT LOST, we posted about a site we found on how to fold money origami, entered a book giveaway, and found a site to keep guys out of the dog house.

On our food blog, COOKED FROM THE HEART, we had the bunny baos, the black bottomed pie and steak Diane.

 
 
 
 
 
 
IN OUR BACKYARD, we’re just getting the beds primed for planting again. We have, however, just harvested our first crop of greens and managed to sock a couple of bags away in the freezer already! I’m excited. I can’t wait for the tomatoes, beans, zucchinis and herbs to come. We also now have four fruit trees that grew out of the compost. We now have peach, pear and cherry trees! Only on their second year, the peaches already have some fuzzy buds coming out. I can’t wait to see if they will put out some fruit this year.

Bah! Time sure flies when you don’t watch it. Well, when you get busy at home and at work, then time just slips away without you even knowing it. No sense crying over slipped time though, you just keep on going.

Even though I hadn’t updated in over a week, that doesn’t mean I’ve been totally slack about blogging. I’ve been cooking up in the kitchen. Here’s what I’ve dished up lately:

 
 
 
 
 
 
I entered several contests/giveaways this past week and I was lucky to win one of them! I entered Tropical Escape Basket Giveaway from Saved Not Stupid to celebrate her website launch, and guess what, I won! I’m excited. She said she’s sending my prize next week. I’ll have to hide it from the girls so they don’t get all the good stuff before I get to it

There were also several book giveaways that I entered on Found Not Lost. I don’t know yet if I won any of those, but I’m hoping. If you’d like to win books, check out my newest blog find, S. Krishna’s Books. She reads tons of books then gives them away when she’s done.

I’m also reviving the backyard blog. I think it’s supposed to finally stop raining this weekend so maybe we can go out to the garden and start puttering around again. I looked back there today and already I am seeing lots of green. I’ll see if I can get out there tomorrow and take some photos of the returnees.

In the meantime, here’s something just for your dancing pleasure. It sure made me dance! Have a great weekend, everyone!

It’s still coat weather where we are. When you look outside, the trees are bare and the ground is brown. Just a few weeks ago, our backyard was covered in snow. The snow is gone now, it didn’t last long, but everything still looks dead back there. You’d think it’s too soon to start thinking of spring, but really, the way time has been rolling by lately, it will be here before you know it. I’m already thinking up ideas on what to plant and how to plant it. I’ve even started buying up seeds. in a couple of weeks, we can probably start our seedlings already.

There’s an idea I’ve been toying with but I don’t know how well of a reception it will receive from my husband who really is the one who does all the gardening. I’m just the idea person. Now I’ve always been a no fuss kind of person. I’ve never had much need or talent for ornamentation. That’s why I never could relate to people who are obsessive about verdant lawns and manicured gardens. Sure, it’s fine if you live in a palace like Versailles, but if I only have a small plot of land to do what I want with, I would rather plant something I can eat than something for others to admire. That’s why our front lawn had never interested me. Up until now that is…

I was thinking, what if we expand our vegetable garden to the front yard? Watch the video below. Some people are already doing it!

So what do you think? It would certainly increase the amount of food we can produce! It wold also add more visual interest and variety rather than just plain ol’ green grass. That’s my thinking!