Pushing spring continued ....
So what did I learn from my first ever attempt at gardening and pushing
spring? A whole lot, that's what.
First, my mother is right. My mother is always right. Don't
plant outside until after Mother's Day. That shouldn't be so hard to
remember.
Second, it is expensive to re-do a whole garden just so the granddaughter
doesn't know everything got smashed to pieces in the ice storm.
So here are my big questions. My calendar says March 21 is the
first day of spring! Says who? So why doesn't spring start when
it is supposed to? On schedule? MY schedule?
2008 is another year. Why am I so obsessed? Remember, I'm
only in the second year of this whole gardening thing. A newbie
gardener still uneducated and incompetent. Buy a book you might say.
Well sure I could do that! If I did that, how would I learn from my
mistakes? Hmmmmm? Yes I have gardening books. I have a
whole damn library book case filled with them. What do I know from
potash and nitrogen and other things like that? I can't remember even
basic plant names and have no intention of buggering up my brain with more
six syllable words to describe plants.
So ok, truth time. I'm a moocher. I mooch gardening tips from
my expert certified master gardeners. I beg my friend Deanna to come
every year and go through the whole place once more so I can write down the
names of things. Again! Poor Janet at the 'Backyard Garden' center up
at the corner of our road gets the brunt of my stupid questions. Still
I screw up.
This year however I've come up with a list of things that CAN be done
before planting date comes. And yes, I've pushed the envelope a bit on
the transplanting thing, but however can I learn and or fill the hours in my
days without trying something incredibly stupid?
Things to do while pushing spring:
Go to fish pond and count the Koi fish that survived the winter.
Five. Throw bread in pond and watch the bluegill outsmart the Koi in
snatching crumbs.
Take the edging tool and carefully mark out spaces to be plowed or dug
up. If you don't mark the territory, the honey with the roto-tiller
will plow up the whole yard.
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