The Other Neighbors

Beech Weather

It's been so warm here the past three weeks that even though it's still April I'm going to jump out there and say that we are past any real dangerous frosts (I hope). We've just had a full moon, and a red moon, and I heard an islander say that we're past the frost date here on Martha's Vineyard when the beech trees finally push off thier last years leaves with this years tender buds. They have. I went to town with the pretty stuff, my favorite! Morning Glories, Sun Flowers, Sweet Peas from seed and Pansies and Allyssum I picked up at the farm store with some strawberry plants. The flowers were an impulse to fill a void in my heart from when I saw that they also had little yellow chicks for sale, ready to come home with me and so clearly chirping my name. So I settled on the pansies and headed home to do some planting. Today I planted our leeks, potatoes and the strawberry plants. We've already got a plethera of yummies started and the soil is looking beautiful, just waiting to be planted.

Break on through

April Showers

When you're a gardener full time a rainy friday is a gift from the Garden Gods.

A day to sleep late, play with the kitties and have a leisurely lunch with a loved one.
A kind of reward for a weeks worth of hard pruning and raking.

A little thanks for staying out there even when the wind picks up and you start to get the sniffles.