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[katertot]

Hiya! Several friends of mine have moved over from livejournal and I'm hoping the communities are a little more active here than there. Judging by the date on the previous post, I'm out of luck. But it can't hurt to try. :)

I'm in central Iowa, the weather is cold, and I've recently ordered a whole bunch of seeds from rareseeds.com thanks to them matching sales for charity a few days back. I've got several garden areas, mainly a vegetable garden plus a bunch of neglected flower beds. (Thanks kids!) I'm excited to revamp at least one of them this spring, something I've been saying I'll do for a few years now. I've got zinnias, cosmos, and tomato seeds on the way, including a couple of more interesting colored zinnias.

In the meantime, hopefully the owls and hawks around here do a good job on the voles this winter, they are becoming quite a nuisance!

What are you most looking forward to this spring?

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[teapot_rabbit]

Baker Creek got me with their Syria sale too! I bought far more seeds than I can reasonable fit in my tiny, mostly concrete yard, but nothing new there. Lots of nasturtiums because I love them - they're so cheerful and uncomplaining and they remind me of my Granny - assorted other flowers, cucumbers, and carrots. I don't usually have much luck with carrots, but I was feeling optimistic.

Right now I'm enjoying watching the freesias and daffodils I planted last year poking up through the dirt. Come spring I will buy tomato and pepper starts (I don't have enough sun to start them inside) and then I will have to figure out what to do with the massive number of strawberry plants out back... I ordered some live strawberries from Baker Creek last year and they went CRAZY putting out runners. I must have on the order of ten times as many plants as I started with, and that's after giving a bunch away to my mother and brother.