i’m sitting here at my desk (which is the couch), listening to hail bounce around on the front porch. my view from the window immediately to my right is mostly obscured by our huge puppy who insists on fitting into the tight space to spy on our new neighbor’s dog. but i know that eventually she’ll realize that she is stuck and spastically jump backwards to free herself, knocking over everything in her path. i, equally spastically, will grab for my coffee and computer allowing sharpies, stickies and notebooks to land wherever her tail takes them. but then she’ll curl up and fall asleep and the enjoyable calm will return. anyway, the grey skies and bouncy hail- while they relax me they also make me dream of spring. on days like today i always get the urge to work outside and instead find myself drawing out plans and making lists of what i will do the minute the skies clear. it was on a day similar to this that matt & i bundled up and headed to lowes to start our garden.

after passionately explaining how fruitful our future garden will be and, once i calmed down, proving i had a plan (i don’t always, it was a fair question), matt agreed to a little building project: a seed starting station.

in case i haven’t mentioned it in a while- matt is so awesome at projects! since we don’t have a lot of space we decided to modify an existing piece of furniture and hang a fixture underneath it to provide light for our baby seedlings. we also ended up using cookie cooling racks to create a base for the plants to sit on- how awesome (-ly ghetto) is that!? look how dedicated matt is, working late into the night (or not, it gets dark at like 6:00 these days- ew! but that doesn’t take away from how super my husband is):

i potted up seeds while matt finished with the wiring (scary!) and before we knew it we had a legit little setup! but then, when the little guys started sprouting, we decided it looked like we were growing, um, weed, so i decided to be very clear with anyone who came through our door. except the cable guy- i left him wondering about us…both at home in the middle of the day…in our pajamas…seedlings in a dark corner of our dining room…bahahaa:

so i hope to keep you updated with good news regarding the garden but i’ll be sure to also let you know if the seed starting is a huge failure. for now i’m just so excited to watch the little guys grow and nibble the baby leaves as i thin the weaker plants out (…no waste, right?) and around mid march if i have something left to transplant that will be fantastic. :)