What We Do Around the Homestead in February

Reader Contribution by Anneli Carter-Sundqvist
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Perhaps the most time-sensitive task this month is to plant the onion seeds. I use plastic trays on our kitchen table, in front of a big, south facing window. I cover the trays with clear plastic domes to make it warmer and more moist, and even though our house still gets down to the low 50s or even into the 40s at night, the seeds do just fine. I will also make a note to myself to remember in the fall to set a tub of compost and the trays in a snow proof shed, since it took several hours this time to shovel out two sheds at home and one at my neighbor’s (plus my car that got stuck going over there) before I had gathered the things I needed.

Shovel Snow

With a whopping 4 feet in 10 days and more after that, at least we have something to do outside most days.

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