Waiting for the sun

It's the beginning of February and I can't wait for Spring to come. I read the "Square Foot Gardening" book and made notes. I planned and designed my "square foot" garden. I bought the seeds.

But I can't actually make the garden until the snow thaws.

You see, right now I have some big concrete containers on the terrace, which are filled with shrubs and flowers gone wild. I need to dig them out, take out the top layer of soil, put in "Mel's mix" (compost + peat moss + vermiculite) and then plant my seeds. But it's all covered with a half meter of snow, so I'm not very enthusiastic about going out there and digging things out.

I'm telling myself that I still have at least three weeks before I actually have to plant anything, but I'll be away most of the next two weeks... I'll have to really get cranking when I get back!

In the meantime, I've planted some tulips (in December) and hyacinths (a few days ago) in a smaller container on the terrace. I can't wait for the flowers to bloom!