I found this in my garden.
And this--the elms had burst into bud literally overnight.
I walked all around the garden, checking on things. The spirea had the faintest hint of green, there were buds on the oak leaf hydrangeas. And all my roses, including the new ones I'd planted last year to replace those lost to rose rosette virus--had tiny leaf buds. It's been a long, cold winter here, with temperatures way below our usual, and I was afraid many things wouldn't have survived. I lost all the things I usually manage to overwinter on my deck and porch, too.
But, whoopie, SPRING, and new life! Fantasies of gardening took flight!
And, then... came Monday. The sky to the west turned the color of an old bruise, the temperature fell, and the rains came. And came, and came, and came.
We had almost 8 inches of rain in 7 days!!!!! Our county reservoir went from 88% to flood pool in 3 days!!!!!!!!!! I've never seen the water rise that fast. In the counties just to our west, the rain turned to ice, leaving trees decimated and people without power for days. We, fortunately, are just a horrible, soggy mess. Don't even talk to me about muddy dogs...
But, today, the sun is shining again, the temperature is reputedly getting back up to 60, and there is no rain in the forecast for TWO days!
Back to the fantasies! I'm contemplating Grow Tubs
from my favorite organic gardening catalog, GARDENS ALIVE. I'm even thinking about planting some summer veggies from seed--I, who have never started anything from seed, and have never managed to keep a tomato plant alive through the Texas summer...
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| Iron Lady Tomato from Gardens Alive |
(Does anyone really manage to grow tomatoes that look like this?)
But hope springs eternal (excuse the pun) and I think there is something embedded in our human nature that makes us want to grow things with the change of season.
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| Fairytale Hybrid Eggplant from Gardens Alive |
What about you, REDS and readers? Any dreams of tomatoes and peppers and squash, or even a pot of herbs?
