Spring is beginning to, um, spring. And here are some of the exciting signs of that from the garden...still early days, though and still officially Winter...but the silver lining to global warming is that we got an early Spring and the plants are stoked (for now!).
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| Onions, garlic and favas in early February...they really sprouted up in the last few weeks, though! I really power-planted favas this year *Ariel Pink song reference |
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| Sugar Snap peas...got 2 sixpacks of starts in the ground early this year and rigged up this string contraption which they seem to be taking to. We need some order in the growing process with our snap peas...last year it was like one big snap pea dreadlock and hard to access. |
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| The veggie garden on the first day of March. |
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| After years of discussion, a gate is actually going up to potentially keep deer out...thank you Colin Cigarran for your efforts! |
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| The Camelia started blooming very early. Pretty and also messy. |
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| I totally forgot I planted these bulbs last October. What a pleasant surprise...they are now surrounding the apple tree in the front yard! |
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| I have had to replant much of the succulent garden...that large bare spot is where Missy likes to "guard" the house. She has created pattern baldness in my succulent garden...thanks a lot, Missy. Missy lives with us again which has it's pluses and minuses when it comes to the garden. Pretty sure the mailman isn't too happy about it, however. |
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| Thank you neighbor, Ben, for gifting me with this Lilac tree start...I have big plans for it and so far it seems to like it's spot in the front yard. |
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| Is there any smell more heavenly than Daphne? That's correct! There is not. |
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| It brings me great joy to not have to replant the herb garden basically at all this year (except for dill). All that is pictured here just came right back from last year with no additional support from me; chives, parsley, thyme, sage oregano (there is rosemary too if you want sing Scarborough Faire**) and the giant fennel. |
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| Peat pods are already showing signs of life. I planted my peppers and tomatoes earlier than you are "supposed to" but when did I ever follow the rules?! |
* Not Enough Violence is a song not about veggie gardening...but it COULD BE:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOoYKI3WpBI
**Scarborough Faire is a song by Simon & Garfunkel that references herbs heavily.
https://youtu.be/-Jj4s9I-53g
