Gardening

I'm not sure what's gotten into me. Perhaps the prospect of no income in just a few months has my subconscious worried. Whatever it is, I seem to be more in the mood for gardening this year than I have been in a very long time. Several years in fact. So today, while out I decided to pick up a few things to start some plants inside. I picked up a bale of peat moss and some starter pots and several packets of fresh seeds. I also have plans to try starting some things from seeds I had saved from a few things last summer. Since Sunday is forecast to be quite warm, that is when I plan to begin. Included in the lineup are Roma tomatoes, several varieties of pepper, a few different herbs, butternut squash from saved seeds, and a request from my oldest to try some watermelon seeds that are a bit more aged. Now, of course, I simply have to decide whether I want to soak any of these seeds prior to planting to aid in germination. Sometimes it works, and sometimes it doesn't. We shall see.

Since I have 2 does that have palpated positive, I also picked up a couple bales of wheat straw. Though I've yet to decide where to store them out of the weather. Straw, like hay, can be so messy that I'm not terribly keen on simply putting it on the floor in one of the buildings. I'd much prefer to have it store in some kind of bin or tub. That would keep it dry and keep most of the mess contained.