Well, I have not been on in a while so some serious updating is in order. Miles is growing like a weed and can say a few words- mostly only I can understand them though! He is definitely an outside boy- he loves rocks, dirt, sticks and leaves and loves to watch cars go by the house.
We have got the garden tilled up and just looking at that nice, soft brown dirt makes me anxious to plant but I know if I jump the gun a frost will come and kill it all. My seed starting operation is going well, I have doubled my capacity from last year and it still isn't enough. I have 2 fluorescent lights going and now some of my plants have to take turns getting direct light as there are now too many to fit. I have tomatoes, peppers, asparagas, tomatillos and a lot of flowers. The exciting plants this year are going to be the "flame" tomato- supposed to be yellow and red striped!, the tomatillo; which I have never grown and I am going to try carrots this year and see what happens. 
I have got my garden planned out so that not a foot is wasted- at the request of Chad. Hopefully that will mean less weeding too. I am also going to try a new thing this year- corn gluten. It is basically a byproduct of corn milling but they discovered it prevents things from sprouting and acts as a fertilizer too! So- I will be spreading it on the garden after all the vegetables have sprouted and we will see what happens. we are planning on using on the lawn this spring too, so I will spread the word when we have some results. Some other news, Chad is now working for Halliburton and so he goes to Rock Springs WY for 2 weeks and then gets to be home for a week. So we are going to plan some serious vacations!
I have got my garden planned out so that not a foot is wasted- at the request of Chad. Hopefully that will mean less weeding too. I am also going to try a new thing this year- corn gluten. It is basically a byproduct of corn milling but they discovered it prevents things from sprouting and acts as a fertilizer too! So- I will be spreading it on the garden after all the vegetables have sprouted and we will see what happens. we are planning on using on the lawn this spring too, so I will spread the word when we have some results. Some other news, Chad is now working for Halliburton and so he goes to Rock Springs WY for 2 weeks and then gets to be home for a week. So we are going to plan some serious vacations!