Spring has arrived!

Last night, in spite of the 20 degree F temp outside, I planted several cold-tolerant vegetables in vermiculite: Green Forest Romaine, Oakleaf Lettuce, Moss Curled Parsley, Starbor Kale, Ruby Chard, Early Green Tendersweet Cabbage, Melody Spinach, and Bloomsdale Spinach. This will be the first of what is expected to be a continuous fortnightly planting of greens and root crops up through early July.

I have been researching growing strawberries in square foot gardens. The best advice appears to be to plant 4 strawberry plants per square for a total of 64 plants per 4' x 4' frame. The runners are then pruned to encourage the plants to direct all of their energy to producing fruit.

Yesterday, youngest daughter spied the first crocuses blooming in the front yard and we heard the first Robin singing this morning.