In the past few months I've made a small amount of headway on the new living quarters. A septic designer has been retained and as soon as the snow is gone, they can get in here to survey and dig test pits and whatever else it is they do. Since it will be the first phase of the entire project and will be located behind the existing cape and new addition, the septic system will need to be completed first.
A building design and floor plan are in the works, as well. It's really starting to feel more like a real project, and less like an abstract idea.
My mom has also been gracious enough to allow me to set up my little greenhouse so I can start my seeds. I'm sad that I won't have my gardens to explore, because seeing all the plants emerge in spring has always been my favorite part of gardening. I can still wander through Mom's gardens and check my own plants in their temporary holding beds, but it's just not the same. I'm kind of glad that I've been doing so much container gardening over the past six years, because that's going to be my first year garden until I get a yard situated. I did have an idea to build terrace gardens into the hill next to the old run-in shed, but we'll see how much time I have to do that.
Since I can't remember where I put my old plant starting equipment, I splurged on some Burpee seed starting kits. I like the mat that wicks water up to the plants, so I don't have to spend time misting the seedlings every morning. I've started two types of beefsteak tomatoes, Roma tomatoes, grape tomatoes, sweet peppers, and for the first time ever, Radicchio. I'm also trying to start some of the perennial seeds I collected from my old gardens...I'm not sure they'll actually grow, but it's worth a shot!
So that's where I'm at! We have a small snow storm coming in tomorrow, but after that we're looking at temperatures in the 40s, so things will start to break soon. Let the great melt commence!
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