Filthy, Soaking Wet, and Giddy... Must be Spring!!!

It's one of those wet, early spring days. The kind that turn the ground into pudding...

But even the wretched, damp coldness can be a happy sign that spring is here. I'll take rain over snow any day....

And then there were the super happy treats. I got a seven foot surprise at my door today.
Poor Hubby. He's in that "what in the world?" stage that comes with every odd shaped package I get in the mail. He just gives me that quizzical half raised eyebrow and the "how much did you spend" look. I love that my family keeps me buried in seeds and gift certificates.... I'm sure I could put us in the poor house with just one good garden season shopping spree.

So I opened it up and, TADA!
TREES!!!!!

I got this little dwarf sour cherry tree to replace the laburnum that bit the dust.

(If I kill this tree I think Hubby's going to impose a "No more trees for the tree killer" policy)

 

I LOVE sour cherries, but for some reason, Zone 6 farmers must hate them. They're nearly impossible to find fresh. I'd trade a thousand bushels of sweet cherries for a pint of sour.

 

And since my friend's tree was struck down by God, with a bolt of lightning, it's been a while since I've had a decent sour cherry pie...

And then there were the apple trees...

Dwarf Column apple trees!!!

They don't get large branches. The apples just grow right along the single trunk.

They are a HUGE space saver and don't cut out a lot of sunlight.

I'll transplant these in to larger pots eventually, but I wanted to get them in the dirt so the roots wouldn't dry out...

And now I just have to mop, RE-MOP I should say, my floors. Absolutely filthy! I think I brought half the mud back in with me.

Happy problems!

 

How's your garden?

Have you ever planted trees?

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March Madness....

This is how I feel.

Because outside, it's nothing but madness...

Normally, Zone 6b is a happening place. It's time to put in the potatoes and the peas, spruce up the trellises, and clean out the last bit of last years leaves and weeds.

Because it is March. The 25th. It's practically over...

But it's snowing...

So it turned in to one of those curl up by the fire with a mug of coffee kinda days...

(Phillies! Represent!)

 I organized seeds that I'd gotten on my birthday...

Pulled out some fun, new garden stakes I picked up at an antique store mecca.
The antiques and terrarium garden room there makes me cry happy tears.
They have the best mix of new and old garden supplies and décor and even the neatest section of seeds.

 I picked up this fun spool of twine that came with handy dandy scissors which I will hang up on my potting bench when the snow melts and it's just a bit warmer than 30 degrees.

 And I was in good company.

 Apparently I am not the only one itching to get outside already.
This Gardenista is dying to get dirty...

And hopefully, with all the planning, my garden will end up a bit better than my March Madness bracket.
If random selection doesn't work for my bracket, I'm sure it won't work well in my garden.

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Godzilla and the Flu

Sometimes the flu is just the most wretched thing in the world.

And then there are the times when it is (and in the words of my niece) Totally Awesome.

Maybe you've never felt that way about the flu before. Maybe you've complained about the sweating and the grossness and the churning and the "surely dying" and the "if it's gonna all come back up I might as well eat a whole pie by myself" feelings that come along with being ill.

And they think I'M the crazy one...

The thing about the flu is, being out in public, especially at one's food industry job, is usually frowned upon by just about everyone.

Lucky me.

Trapped at home with piles of catalogues and packets of seeds, ostracized by humanity...

It's the perfect day.

I had a roaring fire in the fireplace....

And lists of plants with my most recent "final" garden layout...

Which I then set up as a 3d model, leaning the packets together that were going to climb trellises and laying the rest down in my mock garden design.

And I think I finally have it together. My garden at least. My mind is another matter...

Except for Godzilla. (We've mistakenly been calling her Zooey)

 

Who ate my "raised beds"...

 



Hopped all over my design and knocked over my trellises..

Ate my "dwarf column apple trees"...

 

Chewed on all the corners, picked up the packets, and threw them around the room...

 



And was all in all just to ridiculously cute to reprimand.

Having a bunny this year is going to make gardening super interesting.

Can't wait!!!

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