Thursday In The Garden With Jonesie

Meow!  January in the garden can be a very wonderful time.   Dad cleared out most of the leaves and the garden beds are almost all cleared out.  I still have a bit of snoopervising to do in the corn bed. 

I use this time of year to reflect on what we did in the garden in 2009 and look forward to what we will plant in 2010.  I'm pretty sure we will move plants around and where we planted squash, there will be tomatoes and the corn will also move to a new spot.  Gotta figure all that stuff out.  Mom and dad rely on me to let them know when I've found the purrfect spot for each plant.  I don't know how they'd figure it out without me.  They promised me even more garden beds and more food production to be snoopervised!  I can hardly wait.

I like where we planted the new herb garden.  I was worried when dad tore out the old bed, but he used the material from the old bed to make the new bed so I was pleased with it.  Our sage plant is still producing lots of little leaves. 

I went into the greenhouse to say goodbye to my little lettuce and Swiss chard seedlings.  When we got the super freezing weather I was sure they were gonners. We don't have a heater in the greenhouse so the temperatures in the 20's were killer.  

Or so I thought.   Do I have a green paw or what?

Guess what?  Mom and dad have started a new garden and food blog of their very own.  I'm sure it won't be as interesting as Cory's, but they said they will likely link to MY posts.  I am a garden cat you know.

Thursday in the Garden with Jonesie

Meow!

It's getting colder and yuckier outside and there is not much growing in the garden. I thought it would be fun to get my mom to experiment a bit. We have a greenhouse, and I talked my mom into trying to grow seeds in there. Not next spring, but now.

What does she have to lose? A couple of bucks worth of seeds? Isn't my entertainment and gardening curiosity worth that? We are going to try some lettuce and radishes. She got the potting mix and filled up the bins. I helped out by walking in the soil and putting little spots in the dirt where she can put the little seeds.

Technique is important. You can't walk back over it once the seeds are planted.

You can take a closer look at my paws. A garden cat can't be afraid to get her paws a little dirty.

There is no heat in the greenhouse so we just have to hope for the best. We have extra covers for the bins. If the seeds don't grow, we'll try again after the first of the year and keep trying until something grows. I heard rumor that we are getting a tree for inside the house this weekend. I can hardly wait!