Garden UPdate

Things are coming UP! Thus, things are looking up too :). Yesterday, I started clearing out some of last year's growth that we left for er.....winter "interest." I had to stop when the yardy was full but I know I can fill it about twice over. The robins are here now - we saw our first one on Sunday in the southern part of the city and by Tuesday they started showing up in our yard. Here's a list of some other things we've found in our yard:

• The crocuses are popping up.
• The tulips are poking their heads through too.
• The rudbeckia (black-eyed susans) have some fresh growth at the base.
• The irises are spreading - hopefully we'll get some more blooms!
• The sedums are putting out new growth too.

Here's the seeds I have started in the basement at this point.

• Blue Viola Pansy
• Purple Petunia
• Scarlet Verbena
• White Verbena
• Blue Lagoon Verbena
• Little Boy Pepper (Hot)
• Tomatoes: Tip Top, Black, White Wonder, Yellow Pear, and Big Italian

The only one not to sprout has been the Yellow Pear. I don't know where I'm going to fit all those tomatoes. I'm seriously thinking about doing just a salsa garden this year: tomatoes, peppers, onions and garlic (and of course cilantro!). Too bad I don't have a lime tree. ;) But then the urge to plant other things will come in: like cucumbers, beans, butternut squash...oh the list goes on.