Spring Has Sprung
enveloping even the tulips. It makes it difficult to plant annuals prior to summer. The spaces available are next to nonexistent. If I wait until both early plants have died back before replanting, the time for frost will soon be upon me.
Many, if not most gardeners, remember the names of all their plantings. Me, I sometimes can't remember the names of my human friends let alone the botanical ones. However, I do remember the name of the insect in this crocus, bee.
One of the significant advantages of daffodils is that they are not favored by deer. Can't say the same for tulips.
I did manage to have some tulip flowers survive the predilections of deer. This year I was luckier than some past seasons. The deer stopped coming around before a majority of the tulips emerged and were sufficiently tasty. A number of tulips were shorn off at ground level before the deer found better fare elsewhere which was a novel but welcome turn of events.
This is the time of year that my indoor greenhouse is flourishing. Seedlings that will provide masses of color this summer abound. With much luck, they will be in the ground by the end of May. This is my local indication of global warming. In prior years the last day of frost was usually later in the season.
The buds on the trees are starting to open. The hills are changing from gray-brown (the enveloping white has gone) to a green blush. Nature is awakening.