🌷'In the green' - Huge sage plants - no surprise roosters!

Published: Sun, 02/09/25

Updated: Wed, 02/12/25

Hello there, Rural Sprout readers,

Every year it seems that Winter makes one last bid to show us who’s boss.

It’s been bitterly cold and windy. We had a crazy storm the other day. I woke with a start at 3:00 a.m. to a flash of lightning and thunder and the sound of ice pelting my windows.

Yeah, okay, Winter, we get it. You’re big stuff.

Are you done yet?

Regardless of whether Old Man Winter has blustered himself out yet, I am in full spring mode. Well, as much as I can be. I’m still living in sweaters and eating my own body weight in soup. But I’ve had my hands in seed-starting mix nearly every night this week.

(Did you see my email about the snail seed-starting method? So fun! I’ve included it below in case you haven’t read it yet.)

The green itch is getting worse.

I was reminded this week of some late winter/early garden chores that need to be done. It's funny how working in 31F weather with 13mph winds whipping around me put the damper on my zest to get outside and play in the dirt.

I keep reminding myself that there is still plenty to do indoors to keep me busy.

I’m a tad jealous hearing from our readers whose growing season is already underway. Do me a favor and send some warmer weather out this way. In the meantime, I’m going to keep poking tiny seeds into my soil blocks, waiting for that first tiny sprout to appear.

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That's all for this week, Rural Sprout Readers.

Sincerely,

Tracey Besemer

Editor in Chief

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