We’ve come to the time of year when I start to think that if I just sat still long enough, I could see the plants growing. I trimmed the lawn out back a couple weeks ago and it’s all fluffy again already. Because it’s an Eco-turf lawn, it’s more than just grass and the little daisies in it are blooming again. If I let it go one more week, I might get clover flowers, but I’ll also not be able to find the cat next time he gets outside. Anyway, I thought I’d test my theory. Not the cat-losing theory …
Tag: spring
We had a beautiful morning earlier this week. The clouds were hanging out over by the edge of the sky and the night’s rain lingering on the plants made everything sparkle in the sunlight. I went for a bike ride before breakfast and discovered these on the way in the back gate: I have a pear tree full of baby pears! Last year, we had one pear on the whole tree, until someone reached over the fence, picked it, bit it and discovered that it wasn’t mature – then threw it back over the fence. I don’t know if I …
I’m not sure what went wrong, if anything. Maybe I’m short on patience. Maybe this is how the cookie crumbles. But I don’t have nearly the number of pea seedlings emerging as I should. Of the three rows of spinach I seeded back in February, there are 2 little plants. It’s been so warm this spring, I figured for sure I’d have better results than this. Maybe I didn’t water them enough, forgetting that all this warm weather meant it wasn’t raining. In the p-patch, there seem to be only two asparagus crowns left. I can’t find signs of the …
A few more days of sun, and the peas are germinating! Caitlyn, of course, is taking this as a sign that she doesn’t need to wear a jacket anymore. This morning, as we were leaving for school, she insisted, “But it’s not freezing!” Well, yes, but it’s also not 70 degrees out, yet. Mama’s going to insist on a jacket for a few more weeks, I think. The seed potatoes have arrived. This is their “before” portrait. I’ll take an after picture before I plant them… The onion seeds have germinated, as well. Now I have to decide how long …
I try to avoid impulse buys. Usually the stuff around a cashier station is just junk, except for all the chocolate you can pick up in the checkout lanes at the Seward Park PCC. And shopping at my local Lowe’s tends to me make me cranky enough that I refuse to buy extra stuff at the registers as a matter of principle; they made everything I was looking for so hard to find, why should I buy this just because it’s here? But it’s spring. They’ve rearranged things to put the vegetable gardening stuff up front (or at least on …
I always seem to forget how pleasant mornings can be. Clear sky, the sun creeping slowly down the south side of the house and around the garage. Birdsong and crow conversations. The occasional neighbor, with and without dog. The train dinging it’s way down MLK. It’s peaceful in a way that the afternoons are not. I generally like all the kids running through our neighborhood, and I’m grateful to live in a place where they can get out and play. But sometimes it’s nice to have the quiet. Hopefully, Caitlyn will forgive me for not having enough gardening tasks for …