It’s Never Too Early

Three weeks into the year and I’ve already received all of my seed catalogues. I’ve spent the last few days laying out my garden plan on the computer. Already the list of jobs to do (outside of planting, seeding, etc) is a mile long. We usually begin with whatever jobs weren’t finished last year. Makes sense. These are as follows:

Remove the Manitoba maple at the north end of the garden, where the compost pile is.
Finish digging the beds on the north and east borders.
Move perennials, mostly herbs, from the old garden to the new.
Extend the water line from the old garden to the new.
Finish laying the pavers.
Build 3-bin compost system.
Build cold frames.

These are just some of the early spring garden chores I have to look forward to. But until then, I have planning, seeding, ordering, more planning, more seeding, and possibly more ordering to do.

And because I’m always short on egg shells at transplanting time, I’ve already starting saving them. You would too, if you were making as many souffles as I’ve been doing lately. I crush the shells into a freezer bag and toss the bag in the freezer. I add to it almost daily.

It’s time to dig out my seeding flats. In two weeks, I start my onions and leeks. And this year, I promise myself, they will make it into the garden.