Thursday, March 11, 2010
The Smell of Tomatoes
Yesterday I transplanted tomatoes. It was so great! The little seedlings acutally smelled like tomato plants! I also had to plant a few basil seedlings. I can hardly wait until I can have fresh basil on my sandwiches again. I know that this snow makes it look like spring will never come, but actually I reminded my mother that in just three short weeks we will be moving into the greenhouse and planting flower baskets. I guess I need to be reminding my husband about that too as he needs to put the end back on the greenhouse and hook up the gas line for heat. We expanded the greenhouse by 12 feet last fall, but winter set in before we were able to complete the job. Time to start nagging. Life is good, the days are longer, I dream every night of my new plans for the garden.
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Mom's in the news again!
Mom called to tell me about this cute little video in the Alaska Dispatch:
Isn't she the greatest? This clip makes me miss my mom. :)
Isn't she the greatest? This clip makes me miss my mom. :)
Thursday, March 4, 2010
It Begins
Welcome back. It is gardening time again and time to get back in to reporting on our gardens.
Today I woke up excited to check and see if any new seeds had sprouted. Actually, I've been doing that for two weeks now. On February 9th I planted the very first seeds, and I have been almost springing out of bed in the morning ever since just as if it were summer already. No kidding, when I start waking u the first thought I have is, "I wonder if anything came up over night." Wonderfully, for the past two weeks, something new is pushing up through the soil every morning! What am I planting when it is still snowy outside and spring is a good month away? Flowers! Lots of flowers! I also have some tomatoes, peppers, celery, onions and, as of today, artichokes planted, but for the most part I begin with flowers.
I do love planting flower seed. I love transplanting flower seedlings. I love planning flower beds. I love flower gardens, pots, hanging baskets, patio planters, you name it, if it has flowers in it I love it. I love weeding and watering them and dreaming about them. So, even though my flowers right now are mostly seeds and a few little seedlings, they are much more than that to me. They are a promise of summer to come, and as I plant them and watch them grow my mind fills with the potential they hold to beautify my world. So, even though it is still dark when I get up in the morning, it is already summer in my head as I check on my seedlings and see my summer's flower gardens growing there.
Today I woke up excited to check and see if any new seeds had sprouted. Actually, I've been doing that for two weeks now. On February 9th I planted the very first seeds, and I have been almost springing out of bed in the morning ever since just as if it were summer already. No kidding, when I start waking u the first thought I have is, "I wonder if anything came up over night." Wonderfully, for the past two weeks, something new is pushing up through the soil every morning! What am I planting when it is still snowy outside and spring is a good month away? Flowers! Lots of flowers! I also have some tomatoes, peppers, celery, onions and, as of today, artichokes planted, but for the most part I begin with flowers.
I do love planting flower seed. I love transplanting flower seedlings. I love planning flower beds. I love flower gardens, pots, hanging baskets, patio planters, you name it, if it has flowers in it I love it. I love weeding and watering them and dreaming about them. So, even though my flowers right now are mostly seeds and a few little seedlings, they are much more than that to me. They are a promise of summer to come, and as I plant them and watch them grow my mind fills with the potential they hold to beautify my world. So, even though it is still dark when I get up in the morning, it is already summer in my head as I check on my seedlings and see my summer's flower gardens growing there.
Saturday, February 20, 2010
A Shout Out From Utah!
Hello Everyone,
I miss you all and I especially miss Alaska. I can't wait for the summer, it just can't come soon enough!
Although I won't be involved in the managerial part of the business, I promise I'll be around and I plan to help my mom out with the especially fun parts of work- like updating the blog, plowing, and maybe occasionally going to the market.
Anyway, I have a lot of homework to do, so I don't have long to post. I thought I'd just let you know about a few more mentions of our business in the news. First of all, you can check out Future CEO Stars magazine to read an article about the business that I wrote after I won the NFIB award. It's on page 12:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25929346/January-2010-Issue. There's also a Teacher's Guide to this magazine that I found online. It was fun to look at how teachers can use my article to teach kids about entrepreneurship. One of the optinos was for people to write me a letter...either teachers aren't using my article, or kids aren't doing their assignments, because I have gotten no mail from them! :)
Also- Mom's been in the news for her involvement with the Alaska Rhubarb movement. Check her out here: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/news/4112-will-rhubarb-have-its-day and here: http://www.globalfoodcollaborative.com/articles/lets-talk-rhubarb-.html. I do have to point out in the second article, there are no pictures of rhubarb. What's labeled as rhubarb is actually swiss chard...just so no one thinks we made that mistake!
Well I'm off, I've got a lot to do. For those of you who may not have heard, I'm running as Alaska's candidate for National FFA Office at the National FFA Convention in October. I'm very excited, but it takes a lot of studying, so I'm hard at work doing that. If you'd like to keep up with what I'm doing to prepare, including my fun ag tours and experiences here in the lower 48, you can visit my new blog at www.rachelsadventuresinag.blogspot.com. Have a fantastic FFA week everyone!
I miss you all and I especially miss Alaska. I can't wait for the summer, it just can't come soon enough!
Although I won't be involved in the managerial part of the business, I promise I'll be around and I plan to help my mom out with the especially fun parts of work- like updating the blog, plowing, and maybe occasionally going to the market.
Anyway, I have a lot of homework to do, so I don't have long to post. I thought I'd just let you know about a few more mentions of our business in the news. First of all, you can check out Future CEO Stars magazine to read an article about the business that I wrote after I won the NFIB award. It's on page 12:
http://www.scribd.com/doc/25929346/January-2010-Issue. There's also a Teacher's Guide to this magazine that I found online. It was fun to look at how teachers can use my article to teach kids about entrepreneurship. One of the optinos was for people to write me a letter...either teachers aren't using my article, or kids aren't doing their assignments, because I have gotten no mail from them! :)
Also- Mom's been in the news for her involvement with the Alaska Rhubarb movement. Check her out here: http://www.alaskadispatch.com/dispatches/news/4112-will-rhubarb-have-its-day and here: http://www.globalfoodcollaborative.com/articles/lets-talk-rhubarb-.html. I do have to point out in the second article, there are no pictures of rhubarb. What's labeled as rhubarb is actually swiss chard...just so no one thinks we made that mistake!
Well I'm off, I've got a lot to do. For those of you who may not have heard, I'm running as Alaska's candidate for National FFA Office at the National FFA Convention in October. I'm very excited, but it takes a lot of studying, so I'm hard at work doing that. If you'd like to keep up with what I'm doing to prepare, including my fun ag tours and experiences here in the lower 48, you can visit my new blog at www.rachelsadventuresinag.blogspot.com. Have a fantastic FFA week everyone!
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