March Can Be Pretty
Coming off a very mild winter we are quite happy with the garden. I am holding my breath, though, as it is technically still winter. March is fickle and usually frustrates me, but time will tell for 2025. I'll let you know in a few weeks. As I mentioned in a recent post, my eight-year-old brain considers March as full-swing spring. However, from a garden's point of view it's anything but. There are dormant things everywhere and what is evergreen wants sun and warmth to shed the funk in which they currently reside. Oh, the gardener's woes. Very trivial in the scheme of things. I suppose I'm excited to get on with it, to totally immerse myself in my happy place, to grow some food and be with the birds. We have been able to do a lot of that this winter so far, but some color and life wouldn't go amiss. So what's looking good right now? The arctos or manzanitas are. This is Arctostaphylos 'Austin Griffiths', a favorite. A bonus beyond its beauty is t...
