02-17-12 Feels like Spring!!!!

For the first time in weeks, I saw kids riding their skateboards on the street and neighbors visited me in the garden.

I know we're talking about snow Sunday but today was amazingly beautiful.

Inside: the tomato seeds have germinated and are growing nicely.

Outdoors: I figured today was a good day to transplant my young leeks. You're supposed to do it when they are pencil thick and many of my seedlings had reached that size. I dug them up, trimmed their roots and tops and replanted them individually in small trenches that I can fill later to blanch as much as possible of the stem.                                                      

While I was at it, I transplanted the young lettuce you saw me start a few weeks ago. They look rather small on the picture but will pick up some size in the next few days.

With just two beds partially planted, the garden is already looking less forlorn and more civilized.