Garden Planning continues

It may have snowed again this morning, but I still have gardening on the brain. (plus it already melted, so I'll be planting pretty soon)

I gathered up my seeds, and my first spring plantings are going to be peas and baby white shogoin turnips. After that, I've got marigolds, mammoth sunflowers, rare Delice De Table melons, Blue Jade corn, Anna Swartz Hubbard Squash, Crystal Apple Cucumber, sugar baby watermelon, and a really old packet of field pumpkin seeds. I hadn't been planning on pumpkins, but I'm thinking I'll put a hill in the side yard and see if they sprout.

Other than that, I'm thinking about getting some heirloom tomato seedlings from Seed Savers Exchange, or some berries or asparagus roots, either of which would bear every year.

Spring is the question

Several days of twittering birds and above freezing temps had me thinking that spring had come to Buffalo, but last night's snow was a reminder that it's still only February. But that means it's still prime time for planning my garden. Whereas last year I planted flowers, this year I'm going to be focusing on veggies.

The plan thus far:
I'm going to use the previous owner's fire pit as a planter, filling it in with a mix of potting soil and our own bunny manure, and grow melons, cucumbers, and winter squash.
I'm also going to do a 4 x 4 raised bed in the back.

Giant Baby

I would like to take a moment to gloat about this Baby Girl. At 4 months she is 2 foot 2 and fifteen and a half pounds. That puts her in the 90th percentile for weight and the 97th for height! I'm so proud of her, and pleased that my working does not seem to be hurting her growth.