The Orchid Show was beautiful. Walking into the exhibit was like walking through the looking glass; from black and white snow carpeted grounds to a rainbow of beautiful miniatures. Hard to capture in a snapshot the sense of peace that I felt being in the conservatory, moist air, lush green ferns, and thousands of breathtaking orchids.

My camera started to misbehave, so I couldn't take as many pictures as I wanted. A good excuse to go back!

It's hard to imagine sweating under the sun playing gardening when we just had a 6 inch snow fall yesterday and the dusting on the trees makes our backyard look like an enchanted garden. Nevertheless, I just order 3 kinds of potato seeds and organic fertilizer. This year I remembered to order early, at least, I think it's early enough. I'm sure experienced gardeners did it months ago, but this is what I could manage, and I'm glad it's going to be early enough to have a good season. Last year I had to buy whatever I found at a local gardening center, and I ended up with Yukon Gold, that although they tasted wonderful, I could have found them at the local supermarket. So this time we are experimenting with two kinds of fingerling potatoes: French Fingerling and Rose Finn Apple, and the popular European Yellow Finn.

Tomorrow we are going to see the orchid show at the NYBG, and I'll try to buy some vegetable seeds to start the indoor adventure. The kids love to see the seeds sprouting, and hopefully this year it won't be as wet as last year when 85% of our indoor started seedlings died waterlogged, and we had to start all over again. Humbling experience, I guess.