More spring enthusiasm
Of course, the arrival
of warm weather also means the weeds are starting to grow a mile a
minute. Although quite pretty, I'm sure the dead nettle and
chickweed choking out my garlic plants were depriving the vegetables of
much-needed nutrients. So I roped B.J. into helping me weed, and
we made short work of about a third of the front garden beds.
And, look, the tree
flowers are finally opening! Nanking cherries and sporadic buds
on the peaches have unfurled, but the main event is still a few days
off.
I'm reveling in
barefoot weather, listening to toads trilling at night, and dreaming of
SPRING!
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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.
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I know what you mean. My gardens are coming to live with vigor in the past couple of days.
This is the 3 season for my red rasberrys. I have new shoots coming up 2 to 3 feet away from the main branch. These shoots are about 6" high. I want to start a new raspberry bed with these new shoots. Can I transplant them now?
Hard to have spring enthusiasm when you are buried under 20 inches of new snow... nearly 15 hours of daylight per day still won't thaw my Alaska beds, but I must trust in the inevitability of Spring as I await my own raspberries (fingers crossed this nasty winter didn't nip them)!
This Alaskan doesn't begrudge anyone warmth - happy growing in barefeet!