A total change of subject...for the first time today, I have not been chilly ( of course, I wear shorts and sandals). Never before have I felt the cold. DH was getting antsy, so we went to the box stores looking at plants. It looks as if we have had the last killing frost...although Jim says there have been ice crystals on the rails on the deck , My external temp said 33, so he is probably right.
Tomorrow we star the new Earth boxes ( cost the earth and should be worth it). Also have pepper plants to put in where the rose bed was.
I was amazed at the high cost of plants. Probably twice last year's expense. On the other hand good tomatoes here in Florida are darn near $4 a pound, and we are the prime region for producing them. This has been a hell of a winter.
On a side note, for the fun of it, I bought 4 Brussels sprout plants late October. They did...well, interestingly; we had our third meal of little sprouts tonight. The plants ere out for the yard people to pick up.
The end of my not very good gardening stuff
Beans and squash started indoors a week ago are showing initial leaves.
Life is good.;
Gillian