Yesterday was spring

It took forever for spring to finally arrive in Saskatchwan this year. It was April 26 before I could see any real patches of ground not snow covered. By April 28 I was able to work in the yard with lots of open, already dry places I could easily reach. There were still some off-limits areas. The summer road was still snowed in through the bush, the compost did not have a path that would take you all the way there without stepping into snow, but it was all getting there. Was.

This morning I woke up to winter. Highway closures (several of them) and all this lovely, lovely snow!

If spring and summer are going to happen together in the span of 4 days, I guess our days of growing and harvesting are done. And I hadn't actually started the harvesting part in any earnest. This is the season I am starting my larger, fenced kitchen garden and I have already cut back the seed list based on the late snow arrival. Today was the day we were scheduled to move the fence for that garden. Now, it may have more flowers than originally planned. Snow or no snow, I am still putting that garden in this year!

As soon as all this finally leaves for more than a day....

Photo Credit

Not exactly "in lights", (yes, Linda, that is Sheldon you hear in your head) but my name is now in print. I have photo credit in the Spring 2013 issue of the Gardener magazine.

I was expecting to see my Hope for Humanity photo in their Hardy Roses Part 1 article. Much to my delight, they also printed my Alexander McKenzie, Morden Blush, John Davis and William Baffin. How exciting!



The Gathering

The deer are gathering at Russell Hill Road. It should be green. Instead, we had new snow yesterday. Melting today. What a cycle! Spring is coming... spring is coming... spring is coming.