This weather will be the death of me.

I would like to say that the past two weeks that I havent blogged has flown by but they really havent. I dont want to sound like a negative Nellie because I am really not. Our family thought it would be fun to get some upper respiratory stuff. With so many having the flu and strep and every other thing going around we really lucked out and none of us had to go to the doctor which was nice. It just makes for an even longer winter.

Mr Ladybug was off and for two three day weekends in a row and we had a few adventures which is always fun. We were able to work in the garden and get some things planted under a hot box made from an old window. Then this happened this weekend. I really like the weekend picture without all the snow better. Look at that cilantro. We love cilantro and plan on having a continuous supply growing.

This coming weekend we will be planting peas, radish and spinach from seed and putting our cabbage, cauliflower and bok choy in the ground.  We already have some lettuces, radishes and carrots in another hot box just to try it a little early. My dream is to grow year round somehow and I promise if you stick around I will figure it out eventually!

Its time to cut more lettuce. I am really pleased with how this stuff has grown under the grow lights. I still have my onions that I can clip too,

I think I will start having a "Dig In" section with gardening tips. If you have always wanted to garden but can not or do not want to dig up your yard, container gardening is a great place to start. You dont even have to have giant containers. A small pot of any thing you can eat makes you a farmer too in my book. These Parisian carrots are perfect for 12 inch pots. They grow round about the size of  radish. I am hoping to grow plenty of these to can some. Have you even had pickled carrots? They are pretty yummy. You can even start these in the house right now and then when you see the little green leaves start to pop up set your pot outside. Carrots are tiny light seeds and you have to be careful sewing them outside anyway. We usually try to sew them in a row or scatter them in a square area and then lightly cover them with a layer of dirt. If you are keeping them ourside you can even cover them with plastic until you see the sprouts. This helps if it happens to rain before then start growing, They can wash away pretty easy. If you decide to try growing parisian or any carrots please snap and pic and let me see them.