Ah…it feels like spring! It has been a long, hard winter. I’m so thankful winter is almost over. I say almost, because we normally get at least 1 more snow in March.
Then we have to get through all the “winters” Dogwood Winter, Blackberry Winter, there’s another winter around here, for a tree. I’m going to have to do some researched. I tried looking up the name of the tree that I remember my Grandmother using, but I can’t find it.
These “winters” are when the named plant or tree is in bloom we always get a cold snap. For example, when the blackberries are blooming, we know it will get cold for a day or two, then warm back up again. I find it interesting. And pretty accurate.
Have you ever heard about any of these “winters” in your area?
Here’s the bulb garden in our front yard. It’s on the other side of the yard from the house, so I can see these out the front windows and the front door. It’s so nice to be able to look out and see flowers!
White and Purple Crocus’s, there are yellow ones in the garden as well.
This week, we need to make final decisions about what we’re going to plant this year. Then go through our seeds and see what we need to buy. We can by Ferry Morse Organic and Heirloom seeds at our local Tractor Supply, so we don’t need to order them. Some years we order seeds for some fun veggies but this year I think we’re going to go with just the basics. We do save seeds, and only buy when needed or for seeds we don’t save, like tomato.
Do you save your seeds, buy local, or order through the mail/internet?
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Saturday on the Farm is a blog carnival that lets us share links to our blog post. It’s fun to visit each others farms.
To participate in Saturday on the Farm, just write a post about your homestead, farm, farmette, or the tomato plant on your deck. Your cows, goats, chicken, or your favorite kitty cat. Add the link to your post (not your main page) below. I would appreciate a link back to me, a text link would be fine. Thanks!
