Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Seed Starting

It's the first day of February...  A day when it's usually below 0°F in Albany, NY.  There is usually snow on the ground.  The cabin fever is *usually* fierce.

The seed packets and catalogs taunt me this year as it rains and the wind blows through 55°F air OUTSIDE.  My brain and body are both confused, both feeling like they might have skipped right over February and jumped right into mid-March.  Did we miss something?

This year, the winter-that-wasn't, I feel like I'm behind somehow.  But February 1, I'm starting some seeds.  I've decided it's time to start some herbs so I've sown the Lavender (Elegance Purple) seeds that I never got around to planting last year and three types of parsley: "Giant of Italy," "Titan" and "Forest Green."

Good luck kids!  We're ALL gonna need it...