Tuesday, March 1, 2011

In Like a Lion?

More like a pussycat. It is March 1. It is a little bit cold, but the day is beautiful. Last night brought a pretty noisy thunderstorm. Today is lovely. Can’t wait to see what the lamb is like.

Yesterday at the master gardener class, there was a beautiful clump of parsley growing at the entrance to the classroom. Parsley plants have always gone in on Good Friday in our garden. It is a close relative of carrots though, so why should it not be cold hardy. Yesterday afternoon the parsley was taken off the heat pads and put on the unheated bench. Today it will go outside to start hardening off.

The sugar peas stuck their pretty little heads out of the ground yesterday. It is time to build a frame to hold the strings for them to climb on now. Last year the frame was 3’ high. That was not enough. This year it will be 4’. Some other garden construction needs building as well. There is one side of the garden that does not have the 8’ fence. There will also need to be trellises for tomatoes, cucumbers, beans and winter squash.

David Segrest is an International REALTOR in Charlotte, NC. His email is david@segrestrealty.com , His webpage is http://davidsegrest.com , and his international real estate blog is http://dointernationalrealestate.blogspot.com/

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