We Went to Spring Creek Today.

Our annual trek out in the country to visit my favorite greenhouse was on the docket for today, so we headed out to Spring Creek to Evergrowin' Greenhouses.

I've written about our treks before...here's an old photo I found from nine years ago on the blog. We traveled down a two-lane country road, a wide one-lane road, across two one-lane bridges, graveled dirt road, back to a paved two-lane road, before turning into the EverGrowin' parking area! But...believe me, folks do find the place.

We've had a very rainy spring here in the Shenandoah Valley, so I'd put off purchasing my annuals. Hannah was also interested in finding some vegetable plants today.

The last frost date for this area is around May 10 - 15, although this weekend's low temperature is down to 36 degrees. As a result, all the plants we purchased today are safely stored inside our garage. Planting day will be coming soon!

We found almost everything we needed at Evergrowin' but still needed to find some cucumber plants and basil. Here's Hannah at a roadside market stand in Montezuma with some basil plants: This was the first time we'd stopped at this little roadside market, but I loved the signage: So here in Virginia we brought home begonias, geraniums, verbena, and veggie plants. And the guys here got lots of house projects accomplished, too.

What happened in your world today?

~Deb

Comments

[ANA]

DEAR DEB: QUE BUEN PASEO PARA HACER COMPRAS DE PLANTAS, ME ENCANTAN LOS VIVEROS CON SUS INCREIBLES VARIEDADES, ME GUSTA MAS LA HUERTA, HACE UN TIEMPO HABIA PLANTADO SEMILLAS DE AJIS Y DE TOMATES DE LOS PROPIOS VEGETALES Y SALIERON ALGUNAS, QUE UTILICE EN LA COCINA,PERO AL TIEMPO SE SECARON LAS PLANTAS, YA NO DIERON FRUTOS,LA ALBAHACA LA PLANTE EN UNA MACETA Y PRENDIO ENORME Y PASO UN TIEMPO Y SE SECO TAMBIEN, NO HE TENIDO SUERTE CON ELLAS. MI JARDIN AHORA ESTA SECO, AQUI ES OTOÑO Y HOY DOMINGO HACE MUCHO FRIO,LLUEVE Y HAY VIENTO, LOS ARBOLES ESTAN PERDIENDO SUS HOJAS Y CUBREN TODO NUESTRA VEREDA Y LA DE LOS VECINOS, TAMBIEN CAEN SOBRE EL PEQUEÑO JARDIN, ESTA TODOOOOO CUBIERTO DE ELLAS, HASTA AHORA HA SIDO UN OTOÑO ATIPICO AQUI EN BUENOS AIRES,YA QUE ES UNA PROVINCIA MUY HUMEDAD, NO TENEMOS MUCHO FRIO, PERO PARECE QUE EL TIEMPO ESTA CAMBIANDO Y BASTANTE, BUENO TODOS SABEMOS LO QUE ESTA PASANDO CON EL CAMBIO CLIMATICO. HOY A LA TARDE ESTAREMOS FESTEJANDO 2 CUMPLEAÑOS DE MIS 2 HIJOS, DANA CUMPLIO 17 Y MI HIJO NICOLAS 32, ASI QUE YA PREPARE UNA HERMOSA TORTA Y OTROS CONFITES, PARA COMPARTIR CON MIS OTROS HIJOS, NIETOS,YERNOS Y NUERAS QUE VENDRAN MAS TARDE, AMO ESTA GRAN GRAN FAMILIA CON LA CUAL DIOS NOS HA BENDECIDO A MI Y A MI ESPOSO.LE COMENTO QUE MI ESPOSO SE HA HECHO UNA RESONANCIA Y TIENE HERNIA DE DISCO, PARECE QUE SE TIENE QUE OPERAR,AHORA ESTA TOMANDO UNAS SESIONES DE KINESIOLOGIA Y A MI NIÑA LE SUSPENDIERON LA OPERACION DEL CORAZON QUE IBA A SER EL 2 DE MAYO, PASO PARA EL 24 DE ESTE MES, ASI QUE LE PIDO SUS FIELES ORACIONES, ESTOY ORANDO POR SU MAMA Y SU HIJA PARA QUE TODO LLEGUE A BUEN TERMINO. ESPERO QUE PRONTO ME PUEDA CONTESTAR, Y COMPARTO COMO SIEMPRE UN VERSICULO BIBLICO CON USTED, YA QUE VIVIMOS EN UN MUNDO TAN IDOLATRA, PAGANO, LLENO DE MALDADES, ABERRACIONES QUE ESTAN TODAS PERMITIDAS, A LO BUENO LLAMAN MALO Y A LO MALO BUENO, ODIO, RACISMO, DICE EN EFESIOS,CAPITULO 4,VERSICULOS DEL 17 AL 24, RELACIONADO A COMO ESTA EL MUNDO, NOSOTROS COMO HIJOS DE DIOS DEBEMOS DISTINGUIRNOS DE ELLOS, SER LA LUZ QUE BRILLE ENTRE LAS TINIEBLAS, ABORRECIENDO TODA MALDAD,TODA OBRA DE LA CARNE. RECIBA UN ABRAZO FRATERNAL EN CRISTO JESUS.BLESSING FOR ALL THE FAMILY.

Translation:
WHAT GOOD visit TO SHOP OF PLANTS, I LOVE THE NURSERY WITH the INCREDIBLE VARIETY , I like the orchard MAKES A TIME THERE WAS PLANTED SEEDS HOT CHILI PEPPERS AND TOMATOES VEGETABLE OWN AND CAME SOME , YOU USE IN THE KITCHEN , BUT THE TIME IS dRIED PLANTS , AND NO fruited , BASIL THE PLANTE in a pot and HUGE caught and spent time and dried ALSO HAVE HAD NO LUCK WITH THEM . MY GARDEN IS NOW dry , HERE IS FALL AND TODAY SUNDAY is very cold , it rains and wind, trees ARE LOSING THEIR LEAVES AND COVERING ALL OUR SIDEWALK AND NEIGHBORS , ALSO FALLING ON SMALL GARDEN, THIS all COVERED THEM UNTIL NOW it HAS BEEN A FALL IN BUENOS AIRES atypical HERE AS IT IS A VERY province MOISTURE , WE HAVE VERY COLD , BUT IT SEEMS THAT TIME IS CHANGING AND PRETTY , GOOD ALL KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING WITH cLIMATE CHANGE .

This afternoon we will be celebrating two BIRTHDAYs of MY 2 CHILDREN, DANA turned 17 and my son NICOLAS 32, so I PREPARE A BEAUTIFUL CAKE AND OTHER SWEETS TO SHARE WITH OTHER CHILDREN, GRANDCHILDREN, sons and daughters-TO COME LATER, I LOVE THIS GREAT BIG FAMILY WITH WHICH GOD HAS bLESSED AND MY HUSBAND ESPOSO. LE said BECOMES A RESONANCE AND HAS disc herniation, SEEMS TO HAVE TO OPERATE, NOW TAKING SOME SESSIONS AND MY KINESIOLOGIA LE GIRL sUSPENDED THE OPERATION OF THE HEART THAT WOULD BE ON 2 MAY STEP FOR THIS MONTH 24, so I ask your faithful prayers,

I AM PRAYING FOR your MOM AND your DAUGHTER FOR ALL come to fruition. I HOPE SOON CAN I CAN ANSWER, AND SHARE AS ALWAYS a Bible verse with YOU, BECAUSE WE LIVE IN A WORLD SO idolater PAGAN, FULL OF evil, ABERRATION THAT ARE ALL ALLOWED, A GOOD THING CALLED BAD and good evil, HATE, RACISM, says in Ephesians, Chapter 4, verses 17 to 24, RELATING TO LIKE THIS WORLD, WE AS CHILDREN OF GOD must distinguish OF THEM BE THE LIGHT sHINE AMONG THE DARKNESS, abhorring all evil, ALL WORK OF MEAT . GET A HUG FRATERNAL JESUS CHRIST.

[Barbara J.]

Hi, Deb. Your day sounds wonderful - so many plants and fresh vegetables. On Saturday afternoon, we got dressed up and went to a wedding for a young man who is the manager at the Humanity for Habitat ReStore where my husband volunteers two days a week. We heard different music than we have ever heard in church but it was a beautiful wedding. On Monday morning we're making a trip to Georgia Peach World to get some fresh Georgia peaches. Looking forward to that trip.

[Brenda Nuland]

We have reverted back to Winter. My porch and deck flowers are covered and it has been too cold & wet to even get the raised beds prepared to plant. But hope springs eternal that we will warm up eventually.

[Tammy C]

Chris is visiting his family in Ohio which by the way received SNOW this morning.

Allison and I went to CVS,post office,Kroger and Belk on Saturday.Today was church and catching up on laundry.

Georgia Peach World is aso cool to visit!

[Danielle]

Your greenhouse and farm stand trip sounded so nice, travelling down all the country roads. My dad loves to buy geraniums too, they stay so bright and colorful! We usually put them in pots all around our land... It is soo cold here, with wind driven snow showers. I just came in from recovering all our favorite outside perennials, and zinnias that just started sprouting (yikes!). It sounds like you can begin planting very soon, our weather must be just a couple weeks behind yours...

[Toni]

Hi Deb! What a fun trip. I enjoyed reading about your trek. There are few things I like to visit better than a great greenhouse. I still need to find some geraniums myself.
Have a great week!
Toni

[Nix]

Hello! The color explosion of spring in the Northern Hemisphere never ceases to amaze me .

Here we are entering the cold, cold times of winter. But it doesn't snow in Buenos Aires [except in very exceptional cases, once every 80 years? mostly hail, not snow]

My "gardening" alloted time [if you can say "gardening" to maintain a few pots in the balcony of an apartment on a 20th floor] was during the week. I planted parsley, lettuce and garlic. I'm hoping for a few days of sun and no wind to prune the potted lemon tree.

Meanwhile, it is time to crochet!

Cheers

[victoria]

Won't be long now until there are lots of veggies growing in your garden and beautiful flowers filling your flower beds.
We spent Saturday cleaning and cooking for dinner guests last night. Had a nice time.

[Cathy]

Well, I'm in the CA Bay Area, and the weather has been warm with q lovely breeze. We live in suburbia, so farmland isn't a part of our house, but my son has planted tomatoes of several different varieties, radishes, basil, lettuce and I don't know what else in our backyard. He's also planted several kinds of flowers, and it definitely looks like spring. This week, the temperature will reach the 90's...ugh.

As an aside, I'm interested in Barbara's comment and am curious about what kind of music she heard that was so different. Maybe you can pass this along to her.

Finally, we are praying for Sarah, and all of the fam.

[Deb to Nix]

Hi Nix in Buenos Aires!! One of the things that does my blogging heart good is to hear from new commenters and find out they are readers of the blog! Thanks for taking time to leave a comment.

Even tending your plants on a balcony can be therapeutic. Yes, that's gardening! :) And the lemon tree...I love hearing what others have planted and what they're doing with it!

Thank you for sharing! I hope you drop by back and see this comment. We always respond back to our readers, but I didn't have your email to send a personal reply.

[Barbara J.]

To answer Cathy's question, the music played at the wedding was a combination of hip-hop and dance music - young people's music. I'm more used to classical or religious music at weddings. Guess I'm just getting old or definitely conservative in my music choices :).
And Peach World is only about 30 minutes from home so we got peaches, peach salsa, Vidalia onions and Vidalia onion salsa early this morning. Can't wait to try them all.