>Today was so beautiful, it was the kind of day where you just want to hit the pause button and let the time stretch. It was sunny and cool, the perfect weather for garden work. It was not too soggy, so I spent the day digging and making new beds for flowers.

We have also been hard at work in the greenhouse, so I thought a picture or two was in order. Above, you will see the state the greenhouse is in. All of those trays have seedlings in them. Here is a closer look:

This year, we started a new method of starting seeds. We used to make paper pots for them, but this year we are starting seeds in boxes, so that the setup looks like this:

As you can see, everything is still pretty small — the seedlings may be newcomers, but they aren’t dumb. They know it is not spring yet!

There is also action outside the greenhouse, naturally, and we are just a small part of what is going on around here — this is a wild iris that I encountered on my way up to the house: