Well, we've had a couple of warm days lately, and a lot of the snow has melted away. Not all of it; it's only March on Prince Edward Island, after all. And the temperature's dropped again, so the water has turned back into ice.
But, today was a very important day for the Sprigg family as we took the first steps toward our spring gardening. We planted some seeds in a mini-greenhouse in the living room. Leeks, parsley, and hot peppers. We're using one of those Jiffy Greenhouse planters, where we've got the seeds planted in little soaked tablets of peat and covered. There's a grow-lamp over them as well, and this batch should be ready in time for May when the frost is expected to be gone. In a couple of weeks, we'll plant some more.
The best part of it was that it was a family affair; Ashton, our oldest, went out and bought them with Mom. I soaked the peat and put the seeds in the peat cakes, and Tanner made sure they were to the right depth and covered up. It's good for the kids to be involved with this now. Ashton will always be involved; he wants to farm the land anyway. But doing small stuff like this is good, especially doing it together.
We've got plenty of seeds left to plant, and we're starting to collect some seeds ourselves from the kitchen scraps. We've got green pepper seeds already, so that should be exciting to get them planted in a few weeks.
It's an exciting time, and while it's still just baby steps, it's a good start to what will be our family hobby farm for years to come.
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