The glory of gardening: hands in the dirt, head in the sun, heart with nature. To nurture a garden is to feed not just on the body, but the soul. -Alfred Austin

Yesterday I noticed there were several cucumber seedlings poking through the mulch.

Gardening seems to be a gamble. I took a chance on getting started early and planted around mid March. It seemed like a reasonable risk to take since we had a very mild winter from December through early March. However, this IS north Texas and the spring climate is VERY unpredictable. After the getting a year's worth of rain in two days we were treated to temperatures in the mid to low 30's. Even after Theresa and I went to the trouble to cover all the plants that I had just put out the cold won. I lost all 4 tomatos and 6 of 8 pepper plants. I did save one of each tomato and transplanted them into a clay pot. Believe it or not they are showing signs of life. Then I planted 6 new tomato plants in the row; 2 Early Girl, 2 SuperFantastic, and 2 SuperSweet 100. We will have to see what happens next.

Just this past Saturday I planted some cucumber seeds along the fence. I'll wait to post more pictures once there is some impressive growth.