Spring Sprung . . . then got hijacked

Remember folks - it's only March. That's three months into the new year and I've already gotten sunburned twice. My spring plants could not be more confused. About a month ago there was unseasonal hard freezes and a bit of snow, now I'm looking at the second week in a row of temperatures topping 80. I have bok choy and spinach with barely a few leaves bolting. Bolting. That means they're going to seed already. My lettuce is way to small to test for bitterness, but if it doesn't cool down I can bet on inedible leaves. My peas are climbing fast, but that's not a warm weather plant either. Really, I'm bracing myself for no spring crop at all. I just keep telling myself how grateful I am that I'm not a farmer, that my livelihood isn't based on this, that it's more a hobby. Then I stop cold and realize, wait, but I eat the food of farmers. I can't just dismiss whacky weather like that. We all depend on food, you know, to survive. Oh 70 degrees, could you just come back for a little while? Even three weeks would help.

I've still been busy in the garden though, getting coated with pollen as the visible yellow cloud blows up and down my pine tree lined street. I found another tire and a random container on the side of the road, so now I have TWO purple planters! 

Also, I had this broken worm bin since last fall and decided yesterday to salvage the good trays for flower pots. Besides, I was reading an herb cookbook and saw all these beautiful flowers in salads and promptly went to Stone Brothers to get some Johnny-jump-ups. Flowers to eat - the best of both worlds, I say.

I've started other flowers in egg cartons and the shaded part of my garden shrinks everyday. Now if things could just cool off enough to let everything grow!!

Last thing, I made a video yesterday to enter Duke's Nicholas School of the Environment's "Gotcha" Green Living contest. It had to be a 30 second video of you or someone else being "caught" in the act of sustainable something. So I made this  Check it out and let me know what you think. I hope I'm one of the winners . . . $500 would be nice!