But what we did get is a big backyard for a wicked garden. Hopefully wicked, anyway. Our thumb isn't exactly green.
We've already got our wishlist ready to go to shopping cart on Burpee.com, it's massive. Now we just wait until the snow melts. It's happening!
In the meantime, we're going to learn about ladybugs. Our new house has an infestation. When we first moved in the massive amounts of carcasses told the story, but today we woke up to a window sill with at least 8 of them crawling around, and have seen them here and there over the last month. It's warming up, and they're waking up.
We've heard from some people on Twitter and Facebook that they are actually really good for plants, they eat aphids, and they may end up being a life-saver to our lettuce plants. Some people actually order them online to put in their gardens! So, after we get the garden planted and little green shoots peek out, we'll be herding the ladybugs into the backyard. We're fine with them taking up space in the walls, or wherever they are sleeping on the southside of the house through the winter, if they're going to be helpful in the summer.
