The violas are happy with spring. We planted them throughout the garden to provide a good supply of flowers for all the kitchen needs. We are also harvesting borage and calendula flowers.

The smaller sprouts of the purple sprouting broccoli are going to flower. These flowers are very popular with the bees. Let us know if you would like some, and we will harvest them (early in the morning before the bees are abroad)!

Spring is the time that violas shine. These lovely edible flowers are scattered throughout the garden by self-seeding. We also deliberately planted some along the garden path for added colorful spring blooms.

It’s purple broccoli season! However, as you can see, it is growing rapidly through the bud stage toward the full-on flower stage. We are harvesting as much as we can before they flower.

It has been an interesting week of spring weather- sunshine, wind, rain, thunder, hail, oh my! Yes, that is hail in the photo. The crops that have survived the winter weather scoff at spring weather. They are just fine!

Last week, I thought the overwintered cauliflower wouldn’t be ready for a month. However, I looked closer this week, and lo and behold, we’ll harvest purple cauliflower within the next two weeks!

The sunny days this week, the final week of February, spurred the daffodils to start blooming. We can typically expect a dry week sometime in February; every time, it’s a gift to enjoy.

If you know where to look, there are signs of spring. Only the most hardy plants dare to start re-growing this early in the season.

As you can tell, the garden was snowy! The first, and maybe the only, snowfall of the season blanketed the area on Thursday, leading into Friday. The purple-sprouting broccoli should be just fine.

Last month, we changed our propagation area by switching our soil heating cables to heat propagation mats. The result is the micro-greens are flourishing. We have a good selection and have added beets and chard seeding to increase variety.