Potting

Well, with sprriinng one is inclined to get quite 'potty' and that is what I have been doing the last few mornings, while the air is fresh and the energy high.

Bruce and I go for a quick early walk, and then somehow I don't seem to get back into the house before my attention gets drawn to something or other that either needs my attention or appeals to my gardening instinct.  Strong these days, that instinct, but it passes the time so pleasurably and then in the afternoon I am ready to relax and take things easy....

So I have been potting all the purchases I made at the nursery the other day, and sowing seeds in short rows and small circles.  That would be for the peas that I envisage climbing up one of the obelisks that are dotted here and there in the garden.

The difference this year lies in WHAT I am potting up, - some flowers but lots and lots of veggies, - peas, carrots, pumpkin, onions  Swiss chard and spinach, tomatoes and peppers

 and all the salad greens

all mixed up with marigolds to keep away the nasty bugs.

I even planted zucchini as there doesn't seem to be the abundance of

my early gardening days when everyone was trying to pawn off 

their great, long, extra zukes....with all sorts of recipes to make them more appealing.

And potatoes, - I planted some in a special potato bag

but the leftovers got tucked into my soil container.

Why this renewed interest in growing veggies?

I understand the sale of seeds and gardening tools is up forty percent

over last year.  Probably because the Canadian dollar is down

forty percent compared to the U.S. coin, and much of the produce

that you find in big grocery stores comes from California

(or Mexico or Peru)

And the reason for that is that the wholesaler can provide

veggies from far away a great deal cheaper than local produce 

for much of the year....

I spend much of my shopping time looking for items grown in B.C.

and do a lot of buying at local markets.

I haven't run out of pots yet

but I have run out of soil, and any further planting

will have to await another trip to the nursery.

While I was searching the net for the above innovative container

I came across these flower pot men

who I thought quite intriguing,

although a little dense looking

but surely that could be remedied with a bit of sparkle in their eyes.

The one on the right rather reminds me of our new Prime Minister

with all that 'loverly' hair.....

They could sit out on the garden bench that I seem to be too busy

to relax on, - with a cool drink, a cosy cushion and a good book.

Maybe when Summertime arrives and all the pots are blooming!