A long-weekend full of 60-degree days here in southeastern PA had me poor winter pegs exposed to their first spring sun. Ready to get outside and get active, but not quite ready to plant a garden, Michael and I instead opted for ripping into the farm’s scrap lumber pile. Saturday saw us sifting through refuse wood from some barn stalls pulled apart during winter. We pounded and then yanked out the nails, creating re-usable boards for future coldframes, fencing, and who knows what. That’s what I call recycling. It occurred to me that while we will re-use the wood, characters from Slumdog Millionaire, and folks elsewhere around the world would probably have had a market for the old nails as well.
My seeds are hanging tight for the moment. We’ll most likely be moving from this farm to another at the end of this week, at which point I’ll start some indoors. According to a home veggie grower extraordinaire, whose class I attended at the 2009 PASA conference, I could 
have started my first flats of lettuce, shallots, carrots and parsely inside, as early at January 31st . . . but as I don’t have a light situated to give them their required 10 hour minimum of sunlight (natural plus electrified), I’ve waited until our moving situation is finalized. Then I’ll write here how I’m keeping my indoor-seeded items well-heated and lit for you all . . .
For those who live near Newark, DE, here is a class to get you started on home veggie gardening:(STARTS TOMORROW!!)
Tuesdays, March 10, 17 and 24, 6:30 – 8:30pm
Grow Your Own Food: Basic Vegetable Gardening
UD Cooperative Extension Office, 461 Wyoming Road, Room 131, Newark, DE 19716
(3 Sessions). Grow your own food – learn how to start your first vegetable garden. In this series, we’ll cover the basics of vegetable gardening from soil preparation to vegetable selection to putting your garden to bed at the end of the season. Other topics of interest include raised bed gardening, Integrated Pest Management (IPM), three-season gardening, and more. Why spend extra money at the grocery store when you can grow healthy and delicious vegetables right in your backyard? Lead Instructor: John Kennel. Cost: $35. For more information, call 302-831-2667 (General Information) or 302-831-8862 (The Garden Line),
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