2013 Garden Mistake No. 1 -- Forgetting to check the plant light.  When I planted my first seeds, I plugged in the timer on the plant light and assumed it was working.  It wasn't, and didn't come on, so those first seeds sprouted without light and became rather leggy before I found the mistake.

The weather has been unusually cool for March so far.  Our average temperature is in the low 50s but has hit that temperature only for a day or two so far -- mostly its been in the 30s and 40s.  The snow is gone though.

The crocuses that I planted last Fall are up and blooming today.  A first early sign of Spring.

The garden remains brown and lifeless.  The buds are swelling on some of the fruit trees and on the row of lilacs East of the garden.  I'm anxious to start working there.  I do need to start pruning my fruit trees as soon as it warms up a little.

The tomatoes and eggplants that I planted about 10 days ago are up.  The  peppers aren't up yet, but I did notice one stem just starting to peek out of the soil.  I do have one empty row of tomatoes as the seed company failed to send one packet, saying it was on back order.  I didn't see this until I was planting.  I have a terrible feeling that I received another envelope from the seed company and threw it out thinking it was an advertisement.  I guess I can pick up another variety at the hardware store.


2013 Gardening Mistake No. 2  --  Forgetting to check the seed order when it arrived to see that everything was there.