Not exactly springy, huh?
But on the bright side, we just started celery seeds indoors. Another nine or 10 weeks and we can put them into the ground – assuming, that is, that the snow is gone and the raised beds are thawed.
How is everyone else’s property looking?
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My rhubarb bed is on the southern side of our house so it gets sun all day. I noticed about a week ago the red knuckles had broken through the soil and today a tiny green leaf was actually unfurled. That got me poking around my yard and lo and behold the Daffodils are up by about an inch! Not bad for March in Massachusetts although we’ve had a very mild winter so it makes sense. I hope that blanket of snow in your photo melts in a timely manner so you can get your celery and other plants set out. It is quite pretty now but probably not so much in May.
Oh, rhubarb…It’s one of the first things to show up each spring. That, and snow mold.
Envying you those daffodils.
Here is PA, at least in my area, the daffodils and the hyacinths are blooming. There are buds on the trees and the grass is starting to green up even with the dry weather we had. Like Christine said, our Winter was mild and I am so glad, as being in our 70’s, it is getting harder to shovel heavier snow.
Highly recommend getting a snowblower, as it’s a real game-changer. See all those nice neat paths? Snowblower did them. Watch for end-of-season sales.
We had a gloriously lovely Saturday and my buddy came by to play in the garden. she happily watered my far too dry greenhouse beds (her back is giving her problems so though she yearned to plant, watering was kinder). I dug many short rows across my raised beds, under the various trellises that were basket-woven-from-last-year’s-fruit-tree-prunings, then remembered to add fertilizer (organic) before sowing 4 foot rows of a bunch of different peas. I was wearing a teeshirt. My friend and I then gleefully wove two more trellises and planted more peas, then toddled up to the house and filled gallon pots with various seeds – broccoli, kale, lettuces, spinach, onions…. My latest idea that works well, sow lots of seeds in gallon pots, they don’t dry out and can be transplanted over an extended period of time.
On Vancouver Island (BC, Canada) a tee-shirt day 2 days before the equinox is something to celebrate and yet also cringe… usually it is pouring and we are already far too dry. However, I will take what we got and carry on.
Attended a seedy-sunday event and came home with a bunch of potatoes for planting, along with many seeds. I did, however, manage to purchase what I needed as I have been spending time with last years seeds so knew where there were holes. more planting to come (today was more inside seed sorting, the piles are huge, my eyes are huge, gotta pare it down but how?
Am late starting my tomatoes and peppers, but there is always tomorrow…
Live Oaks are all bloomed with lovely green leaves, and yellow pollen all over the cars, traffic is heavy , beaches and restaurants are FULL, Major League baseball training is in full swing (no pun intended)…..that’s how you know its Spring in Florida! LOL…..
But, its my favorite season here – perfect temps with high in mid 70’s, and everything is greener and prettier.
You guys are killing me with all these details.
Please, keep ’em coming. I want to believe!
I have bought seeds and dirt and ready to play, but the temperature was 19 last night, so it will be awhile longer.
We have spring flowers and trees like daffodils, red buds, hyacinths in bloom right now. Along with it comes the spring allergies. But, we are enjoying the sunny days and warmer weather. Celery sounds fun to grow. My grandpa used to grow brussel sprouts and they were so neat to see how they grew.
We dehydrate the celery leaves to add to soups and other dishes, and chop and freeze the stalks. It’s great for stew, soup, stroganoff, etc.
My Central NY yard is somewhat more thawed than yours, but the remains of our foot of snow last week (on top of several previous inches) have not yet disappeared. And I’m leaving on Thursday for a week in NYC with my Jane Austen Society BFF. So no gardening for me until my return.
My dwarf iris bloomed out about a week ago. Despite a light layer of snow, I had two of my daffodils break out in bloom on the first day of spring. The tulips, hyacinths and some of my peonies are starting to break through the soil and the lilac bushes are covered with buds. Spring is so exciting!