Fabulous February
This month has been kind to the Spirit Garden. We had a little freeze that killed off our hangers-on from summer--namely the dahlias--but for the most part, the plants have loved this cool, wet, breezy weather. It was especially good for transplanting. It's always so risky, moving a plant to a new home. I've lost more than one that way, and wished I had just left well enough alone. But our transplants are so much more than well enough. They're doing spectacularly, and we're so glad that they are helping to expand the garden.
We've planted the last of our winter crops, except maybe we'll try to get another batch of carrots in the ground--I've never eaten a fresh-from-the-garden carrot. And just this afternoon I started the summer veg and flowers. I chose a new approach this year and planted ALL of the seeds in the seed packs. It's just such a waste to end up with 1/3 a pack two years after prime viability. Here come the SUNFLOWERS and STRAWFLOWERS and MOONFLOWERS and COSMOS and ZINNIAS and DAHLIAS and CLOCKVINE and so many others that the garden will simply burst forth in color and delight. It will be a season for photographs. Seeds are something else, huh? Each little moonflower seed looks like a tooth, like a big incisor, so substantial and smooth. But then there's the basil seeds, tinier than some pieces of sand, so insignificant looking. It's a different feeling, planting each one, but the same test of patience and gratitude.
The shed is coming along, board by nail by board. We have a pretty lavender roof now, and even a front window (even though there are no walls yet!).
Oh! And we've got a new bed. The ground behind the hoop has finally been broken up, and we'll finish the job next week. That's a good place for the "where to put them?" big plants such as cardinal guard and poinsetta. We're hoping that some big, dramatic plants back there will make it that much easier for drivers to swing in for a peek. Now that just made up my mind. That will be the perfect place for the 6-foot sunflowers.
We've planted the last of our winter crops, except maybe we'll try to get another batch of carrots in the ground--I've never eaten a fresh-from-the-garden carrot. And just this afternoon I started the summer veg and flowers. I chose a new approach this year and planted ALL of the seeds in the seed packs. It's just such a waste to end up with 1/3 a pack two years after prime viability. Here come the SUNFLOWERS and STRAWFLOWERS and MOONFLOWERS and COSMOS and ZINNIAS and DAHLIAS and CLOCKVINE and so many others that the garden will simply burst forth in color and delight. It will be a season for photographs. Seeds are something else, huh? Each little moonflower seed looks like a tooth, like a big incisor, so substantial and smooth. But then there's the basil seeds, tinier than some pieces of sand, so insignificant looking. It's a different feeling, planting each one, but the same test of patience and gratitude.
The shed is coming along, board by nail by board. We have a pretty lavender roof now, and even a front window (even though there are no walls yet!).
Oh! And we've got a new bed. The ground behind the hoop has finally been broken up, and we'll finish the job next week. That's a good place for the "where to put them?" big plants such as cardinal guard and poinsetta. We're hoping that some big, dramatic plants back there will make it that much easier for drivers to swing in for a peek. Now that just made up my mind. That will be the perfect place for the 6-foot sunflowers.
posted by Honey Youngblood at 6:58 PM
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