The Promises of Spring
The wild strawberries are in full bloom in the pastures and forest fringes. I’m finding them in places I haven’t noticed them before. The patches I watch each year seem larger, and I’m hopeful that this year...
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Finally, it’s spring
We’re weeks past the Vernal Equinox, but it’s only in the last few days that I’ve been convinced that spring truly has arrived. I’ve learned not to trust calendar dates or average frost dates. Instead,...
Read MoreSigns of spring
The daffodils are nearly ready to bloom. These sprouted right through the snow, and their tips have been nipped by several hard freezes. In years past I worried that they wouldn’t bloom, that the damage would be so...
Read MoreTree skeletons
The woods here are greening. In the understory the wild rose bushes, buckbrush, and honeysuckle vines are leafing out. The willows and elms already have tiny leaves, and even the buds on the oaks are swelling. Oddly, these...
Read MoreDaffodil time
Years ago, I had two little snowdrop plants by my front steps. Those were my early harbingers of spring. The first appearance of the snowdrop blooms meant spring truly would come, and the world would be right. Now, two homes...
Read MoreFind the grapes
I’d feared that the late spring freeze had wiped out this year’s crop of wild grapes, but I spotted these beauties among the leaves of a pecan tree at the edge of the back pasture. They’re unusually large for...
Read MoreSpring bounty
My favorite spring lettuce mix comes from Pinetree Seeds. It’s a colorful mix of red, pale green, medium green, and even red-freckled leaf lettuces in a variety of shapes. I love the visual variety almost as much as the...
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