That seems to be the feeling of most here around the Mill and throughout middle Tennessee. Spring is still the next season...right? I hope it is because I have received all of my garden seed for this year! Don't get me wrong, I do love a little snow on the hemlocks as I look out of my kitchen here, but I thought we could all use a little glimpse of hope, a ray of sunshine, a daydream of what must be just around the corner of this cold, grey, snowy, icy winter.
I wanted to share a little ritual of mine that always energizes me and gets my attention focused on the warmer, dirtier days ahead. I love to go through all of my seed packs with their colorful pictures, and detailed descriptions and plan who is going to get planted when and where. I love to divvy them all out into different piles just as I did with baseball cards as a kid. I can almost taste those first greens and snow peas as I sort them into the different categories! Here is a list of what the Evins Mill garden is hoping to fruit this Spring...
Flashy Butter Gem Lettuce, Mizuna Red Streaks, Corn Salad Dutch, Lollo Rossa Lettuce, Cimmaron Lettuce, Parris Island Cos Lettuce, Merlot Lettuce, Brune D'Hiver Lettuce, Mascara Lettuce, Scarlet Kale, Salad Brunet, Lau's Pointed Leaf Lettuce, Tatsoi, Bronze Beauty Lettuce, Grandpa Admire's Lettuce, Sugar Snap Pea, Arugula, Tom Thumb Lettuce, German Giant Radish, Devil's Ear Lettuce, Oregon Sugar Pod, Extra Dwarf Pak Choy, Amish Deer Tongue and many more
I hope this helps get you over the Winter blues like it does me. You can even try getting yourself a few packs of seed! If all goes well, and Spring really does eventually get here then our dreams will begin to come true by the middle of April. Happy almost Spring everyone! Hope to see you soon at the Mill.
