Spring is in the air...I can feel it
While today is undoubtedly a chilly and rainy day where I live, Spring is coming I can feel it. I can hear it. The songbirds have returned and their melodies remind me that warmer days are surely coming soon. It also helps that in less than a week the calendar will change to APRIL. Such a turning point in the seasons don't you agree?
The seeds which I started indoors have sprouted and anxiously await the hardening process which is the last step before they find their final home in the rich dark garden soil. I actually will have 2 small gardens this summer, one here in Illinois where we are busy packing up our life and one 700 miles away in a warmer climate where we will plant our 2nd smaller garden in some not so fertile soil. This will be a test of my limited gardening skills as the rich dark soil in Illinois grows almost anything effortlessly. I have a feeling the red, hard as a rock, clay in Arkansas will no doubt come with a large learning curve and many challenges for me. These seedlings I've started began under the exact same conditions but each will have to conquer entirely different challenges come summer. Which will bear the better crops? Not sure how the southern ones will fare but I'll be sure to keep you posted.
So, in the meantime, while I am still stuck indoors still dreaming of warmer days, I've spent some time digging out my favorite garden tools and my garden boots in great anticipation and have them all cleaned up ready to go. (Just in case you were wondering...my favorite boots are linked here: sloggers maybe you'll want a pair too!) I've also stocked my garden tote with sharpened clippers, new twine, a sharpie and stakes ready to mark my seedlings. Can you tell I'm a little bit anxious?
Speaking of garden totes, next week I am giving away a garden tote with some fun prizes tucked inside just to celebrate April's arrival. Be sure to visit this blog on April 2nd, to see how you might win this tote.
In the meantime, I'd love to hear what you are doing to get ready for the new planting season and what you look forward to the most. Share in the comment section below! And see you back here on Monday.
I'm looking forward to my raspberry plants that were transplanted last year to produce fruit this year..if they survived. At this point with a toddler I'm not doing a whole lot, but I want to tear down an old garden so I can start a new one elsewhere on our property. Baby steps.
ReplyDeleteWe too are hoping to bring some of our red raspberries to add to the black raspberries already growing abundantly at the new homestead! It won't be the right time of year, so we'll just hope they will survive the move. I did dig up a few while they were still dormant and planted them in 5 gallon buckets hoping to give them a better chance for a successful transplant. Time will tell the rest of this story.
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