April 1, 2013
You thought we'd have spring by now? April Fools!  We went to Minneapolis this weekend to visit Andrew and Anya.  We met them at Guerten's Greenhouse in Inver Grove.  At least it felt like spring there!  The sun was shining and it was 70 degrees in the greenhouse.  What a selection of plants and seeds.  Since it's way to cold to think about plants yet, we focused on the seeds.  This is what we bought: Canna bulbs and 2 kinds of zinnias (my bales must also be pretty!), 2 kinds of leaf lettuce, swiss chard (never had it before), green and wax beans, carnival blend (read "multi-colored") carrots, radishes (don't even know if I like them), gourmet blend (read "multi-colored") beets, and sweet cherry blend peppers.  Hope there's enough room in my 6 bales for everything I want.  I MUST have room for strawberries too!  We bought our fertilizer to start conditioning the bales, but mother nature's lesson this year is patience...