The days grow not quite long enough

O, how I long for spring.

I have, as yet, been unable to retrieve my gardening containers from the outdoors. Since November, they've either been covered in snow or soaking wet. Or covered in snow AND soaking wet. Most of them are heavy duty plastic, so it shouldn't hurt them to be out there, but to be honest, they're a bit of an eyesore.

To pass the time, I've been considering how and where to set up my seedlings. I think we have only one room with enough sunshine for the task, and it's currently my husband's office. We're going to need to swap offices for a while. I could just make room enough for a small table, but...the cats. Husband likes having the cats in the room when he's working. The cats like to eat plants. You see where I'm going with this.

The blueberry plant order is on hold. My gardening consultant (also known as "Dad,") pointed out that most blueberries don't produce in Year 1. I called Spring Hill to confirm this. I'm sure the lady at the other end wanted to help me. But her answer was "I don't see that information here. I got one a few years ago, and I think it produced the first year. But they may not be selling the same thing now. So you may get them the first year. You may not." Yes, I feel so much more informed now than I did 4 minutes ago.

I know I could just get the foolish thing now and have blueberries next year if not this year, but there's that whole "We're moving, and we need the space to be less cluttered so lots of people will want to buy our house" issue. Plus, one of the main motivators to get the stupid thing was a sale that has now expired, so. Meh.