I’m done with winter.

So, as the title says… I’m done with winter. Last night sealed the deal on that one. We got home, started driving up the driveway, and made it up the hill with no problem… As soon as we hit where the driveway levels out, the front tires weren’t touching the ground… the rear tires weren’t touching the ground… the CRV was sitting on it’s middle on a pile of the 3 foot high snow. Just so you know there’s no exaggerating going on here, I submit to you, the Ford Taurus:

Yeah. Next to Virginia’s shoulder, on the left of the picture is the antenna of the Taurus. We might find the rest of the car by the middle of March. … Well, Maybe. For further proof, our driveway:

Behind Virginia on the left side, about 18 feet back is where were got stuck. So, in order to get out, the only way was down. However, trying to go down resulted in the front of the CRV going to the left (Trees & Drop-Off) and the rear of the CRV went to the right (into a bank of snow). … We got it unstuck… but it involved multiple shovels, a 4 wheeler, a winch, and parking down on the road.

So, in light of all this, I’ve decided that I’m done with winter. To drive this point home, I figured… what better signifies the end of winter than planting the crops? So, I went to Lowes Hardware tonight…

Here we have 3 pots containing: Chives, Sweet Basil, and Flat Leaf Parsley. They came in a lovely little kit, with 2 dirt “tablets”… These dirt tablets are something amazing. They were about 1-1/2” in diameter, and maybe 1/2” thick. You add a cup and a half of warm water, and POOF! All of the sudden, you have 3 pots worth of luxurious, damp, warm soil.

I got the dirt ready, and labeled the pots, and Virginia put in the seeds and pushed them into the dirt with the eraser on a pencil.

Next up, was my own special project.

Yeppers… I’m growing my own Habaneros this year.

 

 

 

Same as the other pots, we have magical little soil pellets. This time, we have a dozen of them, and they’re in these interesting little pouches. So, add 1-3/4 Cups of water to the whole tray, and they expand… like so:

Then, just push a few seeds into the top of the soil, push them in, and put the lid back on the whole assembly. This makes it act like a little greenhouse.

So… we’ve planted our crops, and moved them into the cat-free room’s window and turned the heat on. So, hopefully, we’ll have sprouts within a few days, and growing plants in a few weeks.

Our next update will hopefully show new things sprouting… Until then, if you see old man winter, kick him in the groin for us.