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Musings on a cold morning

by Bobbi Chukran

This morning it’s 27-degrees and all thoughts about early planting of spring tomatoes have been replaced by worries that I might lose my little lime tree that’s been living in a pot on the porch since last year at this time. Actually, I’m surprised it has lived this long. This winter has been harsh here for us in many ways–more icy storms and colder temperatures. Maybe it will be a blessing in disguise, and will kill off some of the grasshopper eggs I know are lurking underneath the cedar mulch that covers my garden paths…nature’s way of dealing with bugs!

My new grow light stand (a late Christmas gift) I ordered finally got here, and even though it’s a bit late for us, I’ll be starting tomato, pepper and herb seedlings myself this year. It will be nice not to be tied to the small inventory of hybrid varieties that the local garden center sells, and I can space the timing out instead of buying them all at once. I’ll be starting some Brandywine tomatoes, a popular, tasty heirloom. I always grow cherry tomatoes, too, for salads, and those do well in pots as long as they are fed some fish emulsion or liquid seaweed.

I’ve been going through all my garden photos, and will be posting more of those as I find them.

Happy Valentine’s Day, all!

White Antique Rose

Dig it!

bobbi c.
All photos and text Copyright©2005-2007 by Bobbi A. Chukran

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Posted in General, bugs, cold temperatures, flowers, grasshoppers, grow lights, herbs, insects, mulch, organic, organic gardening, peppers, tomatoes on February 14th, 2007

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2 Responses to “Musings on a cold morning”

  1. Amy E. Fraser Says:
    February 15th, 2007 at 12:18 pm

    Wow! Beautiful photo! Can’t wait to see more! :)

  2. Bobbi Chukran Says:
    February 19th, 2007 at 9:47 am

    Thanks, Amy. That’s one of my antique roses. They smell so REAL! bc

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