The Slow Pace is Over

Spring in the Garden

It’s hard to keep up with everything happening in the garden right now. Spring is the best time of year!

Here are the highlights

· (Some of) the greens I planted a few weeks ago are getting established.

· I don’t know what happened to my beets, radishes, or collard greens. The miracle of germination never happened (save one brave collard). I’ll have to put out more seeds and hope for better luck.

· I’m only a few days away from our average last frost date (April 15^th in Middle Tennessee), so I haven’t put out my nightshades (tomatoes, peppers, eggplant), legumes (beans), or cucurbitaceous (cucumbers, squash) plants yet. You can see where I’ve left space for those.

· My transplanted perennials made it!

· The blueberries are blooming!

· The daffodils have been beautiful since February. I put out late spring bloomers so that I’d have them coming in waves, and I’m so glad I did.

Things to Notice

• My gardening is all about experimenting! I am making it up as I go and it’s never exactly the same two years in a row. I lean into the art as much as the science.

• I don’t know the names of many flowers.

• I don’t pull weeds until I’m ready to plant something.

• We don’t mow until the end of April. The wildflowers and ground cover are not only good for pollinators, but also for hiding Easter eggs.

• Walking on gravel is loud.

Daffodils from February through April

Remember when I was swarmed by the bald-faced hornets?