Irresistible

To plant a garden is to believe in tomorrow.
-- Audrey Hepburn

"Going forward...I mean to minimize."

HA! DOUBLE-HA! As if...

It's Spring! What gardener could resist?

We spent a glorious time in the garden this past weekend. The weather was cool and sunny and there was a constant breeze. We weeded, sowed, transplanted, and moved a few things around.

So much fun.

Then a grandfather and his beloved granddaughter enjoyed some quality time together.

At one point Saturday, Joseph looked at me and asked, "How can we take it (the garden) out?"

Despite my upcoming surgery and his lack of gardening time, we agreed that we can't. At least, not now. I wasn't ready, anyway. 

We could feel differently by mid-summer, but in July and August, ambivalence towards the garden is nothing unusual.  In any case, that's months away!

True, it won't be a usual season for me. In a few weeks I will have another and hopefully final foot surgery. Since that will have me off my feet and out of the garden for at least two months, I've decided to try something different this season. In the past few days, I've sown flower seeds here, there, everywhere! I also popped herbs into almost every raised bed. I love fragrance in the garden.

Joseph sowed cucumber, mehti, and squash seeds. Hopefully, we'll have a good harvest before it gets too hot. I was in charge of pepper seeds and plants. Colette broadcast sunflower seeds, which we've never tried growing before. Wouldn't it be great if they sprout before our neighborhood cardinals discover them?

I'm hoping for a nice jumble of herbs, flowers, and vegetables. If even half the seeds we sowed this weekend sprout, it should be interesting.

And our little garden/nature photographer took plenty of photos. I believe I will be calling upon her to do so again in the next few months.

The giant plants will be huge this year. The garden will be outrageously weedy by mid-summer. But it's worth it. Our grandchildren enjoy it. We enjoy it. We cannot replace the beautiful times spent out there, nor should we forget the birds and pollinators. And if those flower seeds sprout...

​Happy Spring!