By Caroline Clemmons
Mary
Poppins insisted one should never explain, but I’m going to anyway. I’m late
because I’ve been having some eyesight issues. Better this afternoon, so here I
am. Mother Nature is playing ping pong with our weather: spring, winter,
spring, winter…. Our poor plants are so confused. The television weather
forecaster keeps cautioning people that there will be an “Easter cold snap.”
Sunny,
warm weather creates an urge to rush to the landscape nursery and buy flats of
bedding plants. Listening to the weather forecaster restrains us. We’re eager
for our yard to be as near glorious as we can make it. Hero has already made
himself stiff and sore digging and planting rose bushes. No bedding plants,
though, as cautioned.
Beth
Trissel is my example of a wonderful gardener. She has such beautiful flowers,
and shares them with us occasionally. I took her herb class and have her book
she and her daughter published. I love it. In addition, she uses heirloom
seeds. I am praying that Beth recovers her ability to garden and write this spring!
After "the Easter cold snap" Hero plans to plant butterfly bushes to attract bees and butterflies. We are looking forward to seeing flocks of butterflies and hearing the buzzing of bees this summer.
Do
you like to garden?
I have a black thumb and a wide lazy streak, so I don't grow many flowers, but I truly love looking at the ones others grow. And I'm jealous of Beth--everything from her gardens is extraordinary!
ReplyDeleteI'm hoping Spring comes early to Pennsylvania. I love to tinker with flowers and plants in the many beds around our house. And our patio always has at least four to five hanging ferns which need constant watering, but bring green joy to relaxing on warm days.
ReplyDeleteI am an every other year gardener- That seems to be about all I can handle. this is my year though-
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