The sunny day that wasn't supposed to be

Because we're both recovering from bad colds, we were looking forward to the forecast of heavy rain -- it would be a good excuse to stay inside and rest. Well, turned out to be a pretty nice day, reaching close to 70. We decided not to do any work in the yard anyway and will rest up for tomorrow, and may postpone all this till next weekend anyway. Need to clean up perennials, scrape away winter build up of detritus, fertilize, prune out dead stuff, etc. I've purchased Carol Stocker's book and want to try to follow her weekly "to do" lists; I may try to use this blog to hold myself to that.

I suppose that with this being the first post, I should provide some sort of introduction or charter. I'm not sure it will be intended for a wide audience (I kind of think these things are narcissistic anyway -- who has the time to read blogs, let alone WRITE them????). But as a web professional a I feel obligated to do some experimentation. (Mind you, this isn't the first one.) And it serves a useful purpose, recording the progress of the garden, creative outlet, etc.

Please don't expect anything profound or witty about politics, culture or new media (not that you necessarily would).

Seeds started so far:

3/23?

• Sweet peas- Late Spencer Choice (new), Perfume Delight, Jewels of Albion, Electric Blue (new, for container)
  
• Larkspur - Sublime Dark Pink, Gentian Blue, Cannes (new - supposedly disease resistant), Giant Imperial Mix
  

4/6

• Cosmos - Seashells, Picotee (trying for cutting garden)
  
• Sunflower - Teddy Bear, Henri Wilde (for veg garden)
• Zinnia - Granny's Bouquet, Raggedy Anne
• Verbena Bonariensis (for Hamilton border)
  
• Chervil, Marjoram (indoor pots)
• Italian Parsley
• Basil - Aroma 1 (new), Sweet Thai