I've been thinking about spring lately. Yeah, I know, it's only the end of January and we have 3 more months until it gets here and because I live in upstate NY it's probably closer to 4 months until we see any sort of clear ground. It's just that as soon as I've had enough of the cold stuff, my brain starts to activate this fresh dirt chemical that makes me think of chirping birds, tree's budding, flowers growing.... that sort of thing. I'm not 100% sure the dirt chemical is a proven scientific fact so I'll have to get back to you on that, but wishing for spring is a sure bet! I was in the store yesterday and I saw seed packets and mini bags of potting soil and I was drooling like Martha Stewart had just cooked a meal in front of me. Maybe that would be the way to go..... I could be the gardener for Martha Stewart! Except, as part of my salary requirements, she would have to fly me someplace warm from the beginning of Dec. to mid April so I could start the seeds in the proper temperature. Nothing to extravagant, maybe someplace like Key West, or the Caribbean....... and of course the new born plants would need to be flown home on a private jet so they didn't get stressed. Yeah, I think that is the way it should work. Unfortunately in the real world, my garden will probably be a set of containers sitting forlornly on my deck hoping and praying I don't forget to water them once a day. You see, I'm not the avid gardener as my dream job would suggest. I'm more of a "lets go see what grandma is growing" type of lady. Even though every January I dream of gorgeous towering tomato plants and beautiful bountiful bush beans (yes I did just go there) , and cucumbers the size of baseball bats I know that in reality that the only way I'm going to get any fresh vegi's is to stop by the local farmers market. I'm not sure where the disconnect is in my brain when it comes to Gardening 101. My mom can grow just about anything and make it look like she prayed over each and every seed that she stuck in the ground. I'm pretty sure she has had a successful garden ever since I can remember. Even two years ago during the Great Tomato Blight (yes it was real) she still managed to save hundreds of tomatoes while her neighbor lost every last one. So I'm really hoping my mom never meets Martha or I will be out of a job!
Oh who knows..... maybe this year will be different. Maybe I will turn over the soil with shovel and hoe so it can be turned into a garden that Martha would kill for. I'll let you know how it turns out........ as soon as the snow clears......... sometime in July.
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