Spring Cleaning in the Garden.
April 18, 2009 08:25 Filed in:
This and thatSpring has arrived at last! We really thought it wouldn’t -- midwesterners often are convinced winter gets longer and will last absolutely forever each year. But yesterday was beautiful, sunny and warm—proof that the earth tilts back in our favor and the seasons do, indeed, change. Everyone was inspired to willingly leave the house for one reason or other—walk the pup, bike ride, ripstick. For me it was to face our homely garden—on gloved hands and padded knees—to free creamy orange primroses and burgundy peony shoots that have started peeping through the matted, parched debris of last year’s growth. Out came the layer of oak leaves; down came dried stalks of echinacea, mums, sedum, corepsis; ouch! prickled the rose thorns. It was a mess I was happy to tackle, and even though it is sparse yet, our front-yard plot already feels like it’s lighter and breathing more easily. And today, happily, there is rain to start feeding those thirsty roots!
Sweet little primroses look on as the detritus of last year's growing season
collects on the front sidewalk.
Our big stripey kitty Mr. Sass loves to roll around in the fresh green grass!
He gets covered with dirt and is as happy as a ... well, as a cat in dirt.
