Is It Spring Yet?

Okay, A little bit about me. I'm originally from the West Coast of the United States of America, but 7 years ago we packed up our family and headed east...way east....to Kentucky. What brought us here, you might ask...go ahead, lots of people do. Well, we visited here once, way back in 2002, and really, really loved it so we saved our pennies and finally were able to move here...that's how much we loved it.

So imagine, if you will, the culture shock from the Seattle area to Western Kentucky. Yep...major. But we settled right in and made it our home and have never regretted it for a moment. We love it here and one of the best things about it is that instead of a huge house on a postage stamp lot, we have a modest house on 5 acres and you know what that means....room to grow!!

Yes, we grow a garden and it's my favorite thing in the world. But it's winter now, quite cold outside. In fact, it's about 29* right now. It was 17* when we got up this morning. Definitely too cold to be growing things outside. So instead of growing things, I sign up for every seed catalog available and wait while they trickle in, then I devour them like a starving woman. Yes, seed catalogs get me through the winter.

So, the purpose of this blog is to share gardening ideas, tips and tricks, and help each other get through the winter until we can have our hands, once again, in the soil outside. Please, feel free to comment on my posts, share a link to my blog, post questions or answer mine. There are still things about gardening in the clay soil of the south that I'm unsure of or not succeeding at so I am by no means an expert gardener.

I try always to use heirloom seeds- mostly so I can save seeds and not have to buy them next year. I try never to use pesticides or other chemicals on my edibles but sometimes it can't be helped (squash vine borers are the bane of my existence and must be eliminated!!)

So please, feel free to follow me- or not- your choice. :) I'll be sharing pictures of my garden in various stages of growth. I'll share pictures of my harvest as well as what we do with it- canning and freezing mostly but this next year I'm hoping to add a dehydrator to my collection of kitchen gadgets. I'll also probably share pictures of any pests I need help identifying or helpful pollinators I come across and I encourage you to do the same!! Let's garden together!!