A free Saturday, care of Mother Nature

After much rain outside, the greenhouse just couldn't handle it anymore and flooded.  In fact, one of them was almost a swamp!

And the spinach did not like being flooded.

Kind of like when you overwater plants and they wilt and die, so did the spinach.  On the positive side, we did not have a farmer's market today, giving us a break until the farmer's market starts outside in Clintonville April 29th.  Don't get me wrong, that doesn't mean free time, we've still got lots of preparing to do for the upcoming season.  And with this recent cold weather, we're spending our time adding wood to the fire out in the greenhouse every 3 hours.  Oh how I look forward to spring and warm weather!

So I brought in some forsythia to force it into bloom to brighten my day.

And earlier this week, before the 30 degree weather, the crocuses and daffodils bloomed.

The tulips think it's time for spring!

We found a turnip as big as my head!  That's enough to feed a family for a week, who needs that much turnip?  I see it as a challenge to figure out how many ways I can use turnips!

And there was one field on high ground that was tillable.  The soil was still a little too wet in some spots, but we couldn't resist the itch to plant outside.

Yeah seed starting!

We look forward to these rows filled with lettuce and sunflowers.  Spring here we come!