This is the 15th year of continuous daily publication for 365Caws. All things considered, it's likely it will be the last year as it is becoming increasingly difficult for me to find interesting material. However, I hope that I may have inspired someone to a greater curiosity about the natural world with my natural history posts, or encouraged a novice weaver or needleworker. If so, I've done what I set out to do.
Monday, January 27, 2025
Spring Hope
Day 107: Where there's life, there's hope. Hope springs eternal. Even though we have another month of cold ahead of us, we've turned the corner of winter and are heading into spring. The species tulips I planted last fall have broken through the ground, along with snowdrops and snowflakes, and the crocuses and alliums can't be too far behind. Soon, the front flower bed which I so laboriously cleaned of grass and weeds in September will be filled with colourful blooms. Ostensibly, the bulbs will be followed by a wanton array of snapdragons, seed harvested and spread from those in the east bed. The east bed needs very little attention these days, having become the home of crowded perennials like hellebore, peonies, daffodils, grape hyacinths and yes, some rather unruly snapdragons of assorted heights and colours, but who doesn't love snaps? They do well here, so I am encouraging them to spread 'round front. There are worse things that could happen to a garden than having snapdragons take it over. They bloom early and long, often persisting well past first frost and even into early snow (which we have not had this winter, I might add). I'm of an age now that I want things to tend themselves in the flower beds with little intervention on my part. But first the bulbs! The upcoming flush of colour will put the roses back in Mother Earth's cheeks, and mine.
Labels:
bulbs,
flower beds,
gardening
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