January reboot
It sure has been a boring winter in the Pacific Northwest. Apologies to you folks in other parts of the country who are nursing frostbite from record cold. Here, it’s just a rainy 40 degrees … day … after day … after day. And the daffodils are sprouting.
I finally gave up on it snowing and have begun deadheading my flowers between downpours. I left them standing in hopes of taking some photos of dried flower heads nodding in the snow. But they’re just black and wet now, and no matter how much I crawl around on my knees in hope of interesting angles, they’re just ugly. So it’s time for them to go.
But it pleases me, somehow, that the garden is silent and still for a while longer, so I can think about other things. Spring’s clearly coming early this year, but I’m not quite ready for the garden to reboot and need me again … not quite yet.
So true, we need this down time so we don’t burn out too soon in the mid summer.
jen
Jen said this on January 14, 2010 at 7:21 PM |
I just worry that we’ll have an arctic blast in February after such a mild January has lured our plants out of dormancy. Winter is by no means over.
Deirdre said this on January 15, 2010 at 11:37 AM |
Yeah, I’ve been tempted to pull those huge, potted agapanthus out of the garage on the assumption that it’s too warm for them to freeze. But I know what will happen as soon as I do that.
sorrygardener said this on January 15, 2010 at 2:57 PM |
Herb was excited to see daffodils peeking through for you. He is so ready to see signs of Spring here…afraid it will be awhile..we have 6″ of snow on the ground from yesterday’s snow and they predict another 4″ by Monday…rain and 40 degress sounds great to us. Herb and Nancy
Herb and Nancy said this on February 6, 2010 at 2:26 AM |