Spring is in the air!

So here I sit this morning looking out the kitchen window thinking about spring. The weather the last couple of days has been fighting itself, does it want to still be winter or move into spring. I vote for spring! The need to dig has hit again this year. My poor garden is in bad shape right now. I need to pull out all the old stuff and get the soil ready for new plants. My basement is full of seeds, peat pots, soil, and grow lights. The new grape vines are starting to sprout green leaves so I will need to get them in something soon as they are bare root plants. My Concord grapes put on grapes last year and we made some great jelly with them so I thougth I would put in more this year. It will take a couple of years for them to produce but it is worth the wait. I would like to put in a few more trees this year also. We were going to put some in last fall but missed the opportunity to get it done. We got our first crop of apples last year and are looking forward to a bigger crop this year. Maybe the cherry and peach trees will give us something this year. Looking to put in pear and maybe apricot trees this year. We keep going a little at a time. We have come a long way in five years. We started with a new house and an acre of dirt. We have spent the last five years planting and growing our little oasis. I see a history lesson in the near future but back to spring. It is time to get down and dirty, I need to start planting up my seeds and planning for summer harvest. More salsa this year and more jellies. Don wanted Jalapenos this year. I did not plant enough last year for his pickles jalapenos so I will make sure to plant more this year. I try something new every year and this year it will be companion planting. Mixing different plants together to help each other. We will see how it goes. Watch for updates in the near future and follow along with each new adventure.