I truly can’t believe it’s already March. It’s been in the 50s and 60s where I am in Colorado, so it feels like the right time to get started on my ever-growing list of garden tasks, but it also means that I have to get started on my ever-growing list of garden tasks. To be fair, we’ve had a relatively mild winter, so I’ve had plenty of time to get some things going, but you really discover how much work you have to do around the yard when you actually want to be outside soaking up the sun.
If you found me through Instagram, you might have noticed that I haven’t posted in over a year. 2024 was a busy year, and while I did still have a garden, I didn’t have the energy to post about it on social media. I still don’t really have the energy to post about it enough to please the algorithm gods, so I’m making the move to Substack where I can write about what I’m doing in the garden and my attempts to make Backyard GRDN a bigger source of income for me in 2025. It’s a lot to get into on an app designed for scrolling, so subscribe over there if you want to follow along in a longer format. These blog posts will probably be snippets of those posts, but Substack is nice because you can get new posts delivered straight to your inbox or your feed.
While the incredible weather has tempted me to start warm weather seeds, I know this is just false spring. (Or is it??) For now, I’m winter sowing native plants and some herbs that need cold stratification. Some seeds need the ebb and flow of winter weather, and sowing seeds in water jugs and plastic containers from fruit and snacks allows that to happen with a lower risk of losing seeds to runoff and pests. Will share more details about the process on Substack this week!