Let March Roar On In!

Here in East Central Indiana March came in like dirty laundry. 

Yep, it just trickled into my life bit by bit until all of a sudden there was this big stinking dirty mess in the floor waiting to be worked on.

https://yourteenmag.com/family-life/sleep-away-camp

Hey, I'm a farming/soccer mom - what analogy did you expect?!

This is the time some Hoosiers make big mistakes.

Some Hoosiers start seeds too early, set pants out too early, plants die, and then they have to start all over again. Big waste of time, money, hopes, and garden dreams, if you ask me.

https://hubpages.com/living/How-to-Protect-Tomatoes-Peppers-and-Eggplant-from-Frost

Some Hoosiers put all their pent up energies into their local basketball teams, anchoring their dreams to going "All the Way to MSA" (Market Square Arena) to the Indiana high school basketball championship. 

https://hendrixmedia.wordpress.com/2015/11/24/connersville-spartans-schedule-rosters/

(Yeah...we have Spartan Spirit here in Connersville. Some of us more than others, just like any other small town in America. In case you are not familiar with Hoosier Hysteria, or March Madness here is where you can begin your basketball education.)

Some Hoosiers take out tax return loans to bank roll the next few months.

http://www.malibuspas.net/tax-refund-can-buy-hot-tub-sauna/

Some Hoosiers HOPE for a better year, but do nothing to make it happen. 

OR

Like me, they wake up at 3:42 am planning and re-planning the steps to take for the next six months. 

https://envisioningtheamericandream.com/2014/06/19/victory-gardens-in-wwii-2/

THAT is a Hoosier Farmer.

I don't care if you have 1000 acres or just a few micro growing beds in the back yard, you are thinking out each step for the next six months of life. 

One of my mistakes is not exercising restraint. My upbringing taught me if you work smart, think hard, and plan right then things are still going to pan out just the way they were supposed to, you might just be better prepared for life though. 

So this year I have found a new skill level of self restraint. 

                                                  

https://www.pinterest.com/pin/166633254942053106/

I have put up two inexpensive portable greenhouses against a south facing wall at our new digs. There is an ell on the house that protects them from western winds. I wanted to see what March would have in store for these $16.99 bargains - before I placed delicate seeds out there to face the elements. 

I checked in on my worms. Sadly, they did not survive the move last December. That's alright, I just decided to put the left over scraps into a fallow raised bed next to the green houses. I had previously dumped old leaf mulch into it knowing it would be a gold mine in the spring. 

When I pulled back that leaf mulch and reached down to put the scraps in though, I was shocked to witness a huge mass of red wigglers and earth worms REACHING up to take the scraps! Mine and my daughter's reactions were reminiscent of that of Kevin Bacon and Fred Ward in the movie "Tremors."

http://www.slashfilm.com/kevin-bacon-has-joined-the-new-tremors-tv-series/

My daughter has always warned me I might be breeding the next batch of monsters from her favorite movie. She might have a point...

Anyway, like any good scary movie actress, I did not heed warnings to cease - I purchased a new herd of livestock. We shall see what the future of our vermi-culture endeavors brings. 

http://megalawlz.com/?cat=31&paged=8

So far, 2018 has brought desert dry -20 degree temps in January, almost 80 degree temps and rain in February, and now in March we have had 50 degrees and snow. 

I know, it does not make much sense, but that has been my life for a long time now. 

We squirrels learn to roll with it. 

Stay Squirrely, see ya soon!

-Suzanna