Everything’s Coming Up!

This is the time of year when I go from feeling so far ahead to panicking that I’m too far behind. The hot days last week invited all the plants to start growing at once, and now the trees are flowering, the weeds are encroaching on the beds, and I’m looking at the first harvests of forsythia and violet starting soon.

It’s April, Fools!!

I felt the sun on my face and the sweat on my back today. The green things are greening, and the crows are hanging out sunning themselves in the trees while watching me work.

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Fiddlehead Wander

Do you harvest fiddleheads? Can you identify them? Below are all the other ferns that I saw growing alongside ostrich ferns today.

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