Seeds, Chores & Blooms
What a delight it has been working outside during these past very mild weeks. Winter has not felt like itself around here, rather a perpetual state of, oh, I don't know, perhaps March? With a sprinkle of April thrown in? But with less going on. I feel sort of caught up on chores for a change and ready to tackle the veggie garden this year with renewed vigor. I've been busy in the greenhouse, too, sowing seeds and tending tiny little plants and watching them almost obsessively to observe any new growth. Normally this time of the year the greenhouse would be a little less active and I'd be more hands-off regarding tending plants, but as it feels like it's later in the year than it really is, I'm all systems go. There are also some flowers to observe mid-February, though I admit they are what everybody shows this time of the year. Even so, they brighten my days so I am happy to show them here without hesitation. A favorite hellebore, Helleborus foetidus - not for its...
