Okay ... we have several uses here for the pine bedding you get at WallyWorld and the DW informs me yesterday that we were out. I had some packages to mail, pick up a few groceries, and my mom wanted to go renew her boat license - that's all we had to do! Out, take care of a coupel things and get back home, right? NOT! Ladies, if you have a man that gets spring fever NEVER send him to Wal-Mart to pick up a bag of bedding that's kept in the gardening section! It just doesn't work!

So what did I come home with? A big bag of potting soil, 6 packs of little peat-pots (12 per pack), 30 (count em' - 30) packs of various seeds, and of course, the bedding! Well, after all - I DID just put together that greenhouse - gotta fill it with something, don't I?

I figure my DW will be somewhat upset that I spent nearly $20 when I was supposed to pick up a $5 bag of bedding, but she wasn't. She informed me that while I was gone she'd ordered some heirloom tomatoes (Coustralee), some peter peppers, and had someone from the forum sending her some heirloom tomatoes also (thanks!).

Naw ... we don't have spring fever! If you believe that after this post, I've got some pretty watches here to sell you ...... :8)!

-- Phil in KS (pemccoy@yahoo.com), March 05, 2002

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Well, Spring must be breaking out all over. More and more folks letting their enthusiasm run away with them and buying up all sorts of stuff!

Froze again last night here in the Gainesville, FL area but not too hard. Doesn't look like we had any real damage this time but I did get out and bag up my newly broken out pear and apples.

Think I'll get some tomatoes and peppers this weekend myself.

......Alan.

-- Alan (athagan@atlantic.net), March 05, 2002.

I just HAD to get my fingers in the dirt! I broke a finger nail! The dirt was FROZE.

What did I learn? L@@K at the temperture gauge before putting fingers in the dirt!!!!!!!!!!!

-- Bonnie in indiana (queqid@att.net), March 05, 2002.

I fully understand about getting spring fever while it's still winter! That's just one of the reasons we have a greenhouse . . .

So, where did you order your peter pepper seeds from? I got some from a friend, but am afraid that they got cross pollinated last summer and I may need to get some more.

-- Marcia in MT (marciabundi@myexcel.com), March 05, 2002.

DW said she got the heirloom seeds and the peppers at

http://www.totallytomato.com

peter pepper page is at

http://www.totallytomato.com/detail.cfm?SKU=03071 - and these are heirloom peppers.

-- Phil in KS (pigfarmerphil@yahoo.com), March 05, 2002.