a little post about nature’s calender over at tend this week. come on over
i am really excited to introduce a little project i have been working on with 4 other lovely ladies. come on over!
when i was young i remember my mother getting up early to walk around her garden. she has a beautiful property settled on the border of a woodland. it is very private and there are many different little micro-climates full of diverse plant life. she lives near by and i visit often. when i go to visit her she will say to me “do you want to go for a walk?” i know this means walk the garden. now that i have my own garden i too love to get up early and walk the garden. even though it has a totally different feel than my mother’s in size, and style, and setting, i still love this morning ritual. especially in the spring. i like to check out what may have bloomed overnight, if any seeds have sprouted, and make plans for what more needs to be planted. i laugh sometimes at how different my walk feels than my mother’s. as i walk down the corner sidewalk which runs between my gardens, the neighbors getting into their cars heading to work for the day give a wave, the jogger that runs by each morning gives a nod, the kids on the corner waiting for the school bus fill the air with chatter. but then the morning doves sitting on the telephone wire above give a coo, and a robin red breast hops by searching for breakfast, and i look down at a fiddlehead uncoiling at my feet, and i realize how similar, yes how similar.
i have been busy in the garden these days seeding, transplanting, building, pruning, and dreaming up new spaces. this year i have plans for more rock walls, a bigger chicken coop, a few more fruit trees, and possibly a bee hive. i think we may have to put the hive on a roof though since we have such limited space. check out rooftop beekeeping in ny city.
i have spring fever.
one of my remedies is forcing bulbs and branches.
it’s a simple way to bring spring indoors a little early.
i have been forcing paperwhites since christmas on a regular basis.
i buy a large amount when they go on sale and have them on hand.
i also am forcing some grape hyacinths or muscari (the little ones)
which i think are so sweet. they take a little longer than paperwhites.
but since they are small they can be placed in with other plants in a terrarium
or all by themselves with some moss.
i also love to bring branches indoors. they look beautiful just by themselves even before they bloom or together with a bouquet of tulips or other flowers.
right now i have some cherry branches that have just begun to blossom
i found them outside of our library on the ground where the trees were being trimmed that day.
the workmen were delighted to lessen their load as i tied them onto my bike.
things are starting to bud outside here too which helps to bring my fever down a bit.
i noticed the witch-hazel in bloom as i drove by our local arboretum.
Summer is here and it has been HOT! But that has not kept us from catching fireflies, eating from the garden, making stepping stones, and learning a new sport. All while trying to keep cool of course.
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