Believe it or not Spring is here

It may not seem like it, but Spring is here. It's right at the onset where not many people even realize it. The ones that do are usually gardeners. The earth is being released from it's grip of ice and snow and life is returning. This weekend it is approximately 8 weeks until the average last frost date in my region. This means "Oh My Goodness it's seed starting time!"
So far I have 17 flats of seeds sowed which include yellow onions, red onions and my favorite Italian onion Cipollinis, leeks, rosemary, purple and green asparagus plus flowers of Heliotrope, Snapdragons, Painted tongue and more. Need the flowers to help the bees and also they are gorgeous!

Flower seedlings 

Onion seedlings

Tomorrow and the next few days I'll be starting my peppers, eggplant, kale, collards, cabbage, broccoli, tomoatoes (over 15 varieties!), plus thyme, lavender, pansies and calendula.
The smell of damp earth has been heaven.
The opposite side to all these smiles has been finding the right locations for all these seed trays. Nearly all of them want something different. Some want light, others complete darkness, warm temperatures, cool soil. Each a combination. However the main problem I was faced with was not having a usable greenhouse. More specifically I have one, it's just not assembled. It's a gardener's dream 20x48 foot greenhouse which is currently up in the barn in pieces. It was back ordered until December and that's when the winter storms hit.
So I decided to build a little one which is still larger then other ones I've seen. 8x8ft with a slope roof 6ft in the front and 8ft in the back. It's now ready!

 Greenhouse framing

Plastic is on!

Main work counter

Front shelf

My little seeds are sprouting all over the house and yesterday I was very happy to make the seemingly unending trips taking them up to the greenhouse. What a workout! Unfortunately, Paul called about noon to talk me into bringing them all back down to the house that evening. He was worried about the storm coming that night and wanted to make sure the greenhouse would survive the wind. Fine. I agreed, better to be safe then sorry. The kids have been awesome being my doormen.
Thankfully the greenhouse has survived! It warmed up to 11 degrees Celcius yesterday with complete cloud cover. The ground inside is defrosting. I've moved some black water basins in which will help moderate the temperatures. Exciting! I'll take all the flats back up tomorrow morning. As more seeds are sowed we'll be installing more and more shelves. I'll keep you posted :)