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Ah, Sweet Mysteries of Spring- Questions from the Garden

© Carol Wallace

At long last! The weeks are presenting us with a few of those days that, in winter, we mistakenly assume are the rule in spring - rather than the exception that they really are . Reality hits, soon enough -but that only makes these days with their balmy breezes and blue sunny skies more precious - far too precious to waste.

And so we scurry around trying to locate last year's tools, and head out - at long last - to the garden. This always seems to take too long, so eager are we, and fraught with important decisions that must be made, such as whether to bring along a rake and pruning shears, or whether it might be wiser to start planting all of those green things that languish in those boxes you keep tripping on in the hallway.

But there is no time to waste in dithering, so you compromise. and take the pruning shears, a trowel and those plants that look most like they must either be planted or die.

At first it is hard to take it all in - the green shoots pushing through the earth, the sounds of birds singing after a winter of silence and the warmth of the sun on your face. That facial warmth is the first sensation to go. We're far too busy looking down.

And that's when it begins. Once again, we meet up with that multitude of mysteries that form the puzzles of the garden in spring.

Some of these mysteries are decidedly practical. Some are probably more of a cry of desperation than a question. Some are, happily, only fleeting curiosity. But mystery abounds.

Let's take a look at the mysteries in my yard and see how they compare to the ones in yours. If we find a lot of common ground here, perhaps we could set up a sort of help line so that we can all pitch in and reduce things from grand mysteries to mere puzzlement.

My own list, presented here, is in no particular order. Rather the questions are presented in the order in which they presented themselves to me. If you don't see your own question immediately, hang on. It will probably pop up later. If not - ask. That's what we're here for. So here goes.

What on earth are these?
I put this first not only because it is always my own first question - it is also the one I ask myself most often.

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