March 22, 2009

orry I have not been blogging much. I needed a break from the computer for awhile. There has not been much to report on the agricultural bend anyway. My seedlings are still growing by leaps and bounds. I am restless. The snows are melting and it is not quite time to work outside yet. Everyone I know in the agricultural community here is at about the same point of pacing pacing pacing that I am. We want to get our tasks underway. We can feel that spring is in the air (and that there are things growing behind the scenes although we cannot yet see them). Just because the calendar says it is spring, doesn't mean it is in reality for our climate zone.

However, in the news... the White House is getting its first vegetable garden on the grounds for the first time since WWII. The 1,100-square-foot plot will seemingly be well tended by a 5th grade class, the First family and many other staff volunteers. It should be weedless with all those people. There will be 55 varieties of organic vegetables, selected from a wish list of the kitchen staff, but will lack beets as apparently the president loathes them.