We've had such nice warm weather this week that I spent some time out in the yard. I finally cleaned up the thatch that I didn't have room for in my green can and did another pass over the front lawn and side yard with the thatch rake.
My seedlings are continuing to grow, and I've moved my tomato seedlings off the heat mat with the others to sit in a south facing window during the day, which will probably provide better lighting than what they've been getting. The lighting situation is still a work in progress, as the fluorescent light I ordered turned out to be 4 feet rather than 2 (and 4 won't fit in my little bathroom corner)!
Since it's been so warm, some of the bulbs are confused and have started flowering! On Thursday, I had a couple crocus peeking out at me, and I expect to see some tulips soon, too.
One of my orchids has also started to rebloom! I've never had success keeping them around and happy long enough to see another bloom on the same plant, but this one seems quite happy in its window and has a couple spikes with buds getting ready to open. Today I also noticed it's sent up a new flowering shoot as well, which is another first for me.
Since the front lawn is fairly cleaned up, I put down some crabgrass prevention in preparation for reseeding in April or May. The only live plants in my front lawn are crabgrass at this point, so I'd like to see those go away before I put down new seed. I fixed a sprinkler that was a victim to the thatching rake, too, then watered to help the fertilizer sink in a bit.
This next week, I'm hoping to move more of my seedlings off the heating mat, thin them (as most have two small shoots per pouch), and get drip run out to the side yard out front that I'm planning to turn into a flowering corner for the spring/summer (previously lawn, but directly abuts neighbor's lawn/weedpatch and will eventually become overrun with weeds again). I'm also looking forward to seeing some seedlings sprout from the carrots and lettuce I planted last weekend. We'll see how it goes.
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