Well, it's February 2nd and as far as I'm concerned growing season is here!!!

Tulips, Crocuses and Daffodils poking up by our front door.  I guess nobody told them that it was only February.

Today it's a lovely 5C in beautiful Duncan, BC, and there are already signs that spring is just around the corner (even though it's 45 days away).  This will be my first full growing season here in the Cowichan Valley and I'm so excited to finally stretch out my green thumbs and grow, grow, grow.

Baby Garlic

Fava beans that were planted back in October.  Looks like someone has been enjoying them as a winter snack.

Our poor old apple tree.  It hurt me to do so, but I had to give her a pretty decent hair cut.  She's likely 40 years old and it's obviously been decades before anyone's given her any attention.  I took off a full main branch that was extending out over our growing space, and then removed pretty close to half of the growth from the left side.  The right side will have to wait until next year.  She was pretty dense when we moved in and suffering from both tent caterpillars and scab.  Hopefully with some renovations and care we can get her healthy again and producing some tasty Macintosh apples.

Our new blueberry patch just planted today.  3 Bluecrop, 2 Duke and 1 unknown.

Our little overgrown strawberry patch.  We discovered this within weeks of moving into our new home last year.  They were buried underneath quite a bit of growth, so the birds were unable to get at the berries.  What an amazing treat of beautiful, nearly overripe strawberries.  We'll see what a little attention can do for them this year.

3 cells of Celery sprouting and one lonely, but strong looking, Broccoli Raab.

Thyme....is on our side?......heals all wounds?......is an illusion?......whatever, it just tastes and smells great.

Some young leeks and a couple of Spinach sprouts.

This is going to be an awesome year!!