You have no idea how much I am looking forward to this weekend.

A box of King Richard leek seedlings from Johnny's showed up just before I came to work today, and I almost took them out to the garden and planted them right then. But, how would I explain that to my supervisors -- garden fever?

I have not yet planted our peas, lettuce, carrots, beets or any other early-season crop except potatoes. But the forecast is good -- I don't believe the 80-degree forecasts, but 70 degrees will be fine. Or even 60. It will be perfect weather for working outside.

I have arranged for granddaughter Maeve to come over Saturday to help me, and we are going to make some progress. The goal is to have all the early-season vegetables that have arrived -- I'm still waiting on onions -- in the ground by Monday.

If I have time, I will reseed the bare patches on our lawn. I bought some Trifecta perennial rye grass seeds from Allen Sterling & Lothrop Thursday, and I am ready to have a green lawn.

I am supposed to be doing some editing and writing a column for May 3 today, but I have been having trouble concentrating. Just too busy thinking about what I would do outside. Doing this blog is considered work, so I figured maybe if I wrote about what I would rather be doing this gorgeous afternoon, it would get my other work juices flowing, and I can do some writing and editing.

And if it doesn't, with this blog I have accomplished something today, anyway.

Oh, yes. The column this Sunday is about a Maine Organic Farmers & Gardeners class I took on starting an organic vegetable garden. It was quite a bit of fun, and I learned some good information.

Also, I did an interview with Bill Cullina of the Coastal Maine Botanical Garden for the Sunday Books page. He has just published "Understanding Perennials," which I like a lot.

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