Gardening Time

About this time of year, when the gardening catalogs start to appear in the mail and the home improvement stores replace the Christmas displays with racks of garden seeds, I get the urge plant something in dirt. The temperature for the last two nights has been below 0F but the romaine lettuce has spouted in our solarium.



I found a partial packet of romaine lettuce seed that was left over from last year and planted it in our solarium in a large tub. Since romaine lettuce is a cool weather crop I'm looking forward to fresh salads as I thin out this crop.



I'm also keeping an eye on my tangerine tree in the solarium, which is close to ripening.