Is it Spring Yet?

If the snow and wind would ever stop, I would be able to go out and get some gardening done. It is not in the cards for this weekend though. We are heading up onto the mountain for the last weekend of the Ski season at Schweitzer. Should be pretty good, we have gotten about 6 inches of snow over the last 3 days, most of it is melting by mid day but that is quite a bit for late March. I have to take my snow tires off tomorrow too.

Spring Planting List

I was all geared up these last two weekends to make some headway in my garden, but no, mother nature rained me out both weekends. It is nice today though. For the spring I have the following I would like to get done before summer.

Setup garden area which includes:
Building Planting Boxes
Setting up Potato Tires
Plant fruit trees and blue berry bushes.
Build potting shed
Plant our deciduous trees that we have had in pots for the last two years.
Build trusses for grapes

We have two apple, two plum and a cherry tree to plant as well as two blue berry bushes. I am thinking I will incorporate them into our wind break, but I am not married to this yet, I may put them nearer to the garden so that the garden beds are a little more protected from the wind.

Thai Shrimp Stir-Fry

I posted two recipes today, lucky you:)

This is a good dish to pair with any rice or noodle dish. It is quick, easy and delicious.

1/2 lb of raw 21 count shrimp
1/4 lb of scallops
1 Tbsp of double black soy sauce
1 Tbsp of fish sauce
1 Tbsp of dark brown sugar
1 tsp of crush red pepper
4 garlic cloves (chopped)
1 tsp sesame seed oil
2 Tbsp canola or olive oil
1 tsp rice vinegar

In a wok heat up oils and saute garlic and red pepper. Add shrimp and scallops and cook for about a minute, add soy sauce, fish sauce and brown sugar and stir-fry for a couple more minutes. Add rice vinegar just before serving. Easy huh?