Spring season is always a matter of logistics when you live in a cold climate. In temperate Ohio we go from cold-can’t-do-anything conditions to hot-don’t-want-to-do-anything weather with only a fleeting spring in between. We can count on two months to get soil prepared and everything planted. Some years there may be some earlier breaks and…
weeding
Snippets of Gardening, February’s Mercies
One of the mercies found within an Ohio winter are those small windows of dry enough conditions and relatively pleasant weather. They are almost always very short, so the opportunities need to grasped. We have a short window at this moment and I have used it to carry on the weeding and garden preparation that…
The Ailing Weeder
That is me. I went on a marathon binge of weeding last week – the weather was so lovely and I was feeling full of zip and determination. I had missed the garden… it seemed that I was spending more time on the road and in the house and needed some of the rejuvenation of…
White Rabbit Gardening
Planting late- everything on sale It Started With Weeding I feel the pain of trying to make up for a month of gardening for the last few days. My body will no longer respond to my many plans. But I went out and bought flowers, anyway. I am hoping for a summer with plenty of…
When The Garden Becomes An Ogre
Some of you are not going to know what in the world I am talking about. Either you have smaller gardens, or you are young and full of vigor and energy, or your dreams have never outstripped your means. But some know the taskmaster that the vision of the perfect garden becomes for some of…