Are we there yet?

How many of us have heard that out of the mouths of our babes? You can sense the excitement in their voices as you get closer and closer to a desired destination. I know that all you gardeners or gardeners to be are waiting for the day you can start putting plants or seeds in the ground. If you are like me, I have been lovingly toiling over an indoor garden. The tomatoes, peppers, broccoli, brussel sprouts, and the like have begun their life inside during the winter blizzards. I can almost hear my "babies" yell out, "Are we there yet?" Well, the fertilizer in setting on top of the soil awaiting to be tilled in in the next day or so. I will be satrting to harden my brocolli, brussel sprouts and cabbage so they get used to the cool nights. I will not be sowing lettuce, spinach and herbs in the garden this year-making room for new vegies. Instead, I will put them in planters on the patio for easy access. If you are a follower and want to "adopt" any of my vegie plant, do let me know. I have a ton of tomatoes (lots of varieties), green and orange peppers, hot peppers, cabbage, brocolli, and brussel sprouts. For those in apartments, try container gardening! I set my mother-in-law up every year with just enough vegies for her. She has three large containers -one tomato, one pepper, and one cucumber. We then plant lettuce around each plant. Voila! Instant salad. For those die-hard gardeners, do log into the MD extension site: http://www.growit.umd.edu/Gardening%20Basics/index.cfm . This site is a wealth of knowledge about gardening in our area. So to answer my "kids," "Yes, we are almost there."