Of Poppies, Peas, Apples

I have been yearning for spring:)  Have you?

my 2009 Poppies & Bachelor Buttons

 Just when the winter is really digging in,

I would rather be pulling weeds, digging deep,

into the dirt.

Knee deep in floral bouquets, seed boxes in my lap,

deciding what will go where in the gardens this year.

volunteer Poppies....gone wild in my garden

 I guess I have no choice but to learn a bit more patience.

It is, after all, only February!  Let's face it,

Spring does not emerge it's bounty of green and flowers, potted plants,

and color palettes filling every aisle of the greenhouses,

 until May, at the earliest.  One week or so before

Mother's Day is the soonest our northern climes will see

such a sight as that.   Anyone living in any zone warmer than zone 3 and 4 would not begin to understand how anxious we get way up north.

We know, we wait, we imagine

until then.

Let the long wait begin.

Until then, we will continue to scour the seed catalogs,

enjoy reading our garden magazines, 

wanting to try this design or that one,

for a change.,

only to

plant the same as we were taught by our 

forefathers.  We know of their success so we follow by example.

We plant their way to please those who have gardened before us.
They and now I, have been growing ' organically ' all our lives.
It is Not something new...

Now,

If only I could recall how Dad grafted apple trees~

he succeeded.  I was so young and really didn't pay that much attention.

It's something I will have to try someday.  It didn't look that hard.

I know there is information everywhere,

but I want to do it Dad's way.   I wonder if he ever wrote it down?

Do you garden

in any shape or form?  A plot to dig in,

a planter to grow your tomatoes, flowers, herbs?

It's all a gardening experience.

Try it.  It will give you great satisfaction~honest!

Me?

Please excuse me, for I have some dreaming to do

until Spring breaks.

BlessYa