Where is Spring?

A few crocus have shivered their way up to give me hope.

It's April... April 5th in fact.  Okay, so March will be wintery; we know that. Usually there are a few days that tease one into thinking spring.  Not so this year. I don't think it ever got above freezing all last week.  And this week is not too much better. It snowed again today! -Not enough to shovel, but enough to dust the ground.  UGH! We are so anxious to start the new growing season.  Come on, Mother Nature.....

There is a little progress.  The greenhouse is now all stained.  Wow, were there a lot of pieces! We have tried to stain the outer pieces to match the house color. Inside pieces were stained clear to bring out the beautiful cedar color of the wood.  We hope we knew what we were doing or we may have a funny looking two-toned building.

The grey pieces match the house. The clear cedar pieces go to benches inthe greenhouse.

My DH has been growing, splitting, and propagating his geraniums and some coleus all winter. They are starting to take over the basement again, and we've even argued over space - his plants vs. my quilting projects. (For those who haven't found my second blog - quiltagain.blogspot.com - I am also spending a lot of my time with fabric arts.) That greenhouse can't go up quick enough. The base has just peeked out from the snow, and our contractor said he'd try to get here later this week.... Yippee!

Geraniums, geraniums, geraniums....

DH has started a few seeds in the basement already. He just couldn't wait. He's planted spinach in a pot, coleus, impatients, and petunias.  Spinach is up and growing. Can it reach eatable size in this pot? Time will tell. The coleus is just getting its second leaves, and the impatients are just popping up out of the ground. 

spinach in a pot

Coleus in the back, impatients in the middle.

So, Mother Nature, come on. I need to have some temps above 50.  I need a little more sunshine.  We've been patient, and we are thankful that we've seen no earthquakes, tornados, tsunamis, or other natural disasters. But it's time; it's April; we're ready.