buttercups
Most years, the buttercups are the first spring bulbs to bloom, and this one was no exception. It’s hard to tell what’s underneath the thick layer of dead plant mater which accumulates over the winter. Plants are jolted into rapid growth as soon as they are relieved of the blanket of debris, but with the arctic blast coming back they could use some cold weather protection for now, so I’ll wait.
I’m curious what’s underneath, as I am every spring. I can make up a few hyacinths, the occasional daffodil and of course, the ever increasing clumps of day lilies.
The little plants in the starting trays are very slow to start this year, I’m trying to figure out why. Even the tomatoes took their sweet time to germinate and did so only in part, which is a first. I got many lupines, at least for now.
By the way weather is behaving, I have time. I’d love to be wrong, for once, and miss starting the vegetable garden early, but I know it’s not going to happen. We’ll have our April fool’s late freeze, it’s the law of the land.
Well, at least we’re getting closer to the official start of spring, if only on the calendar. It’s very nice outside, if you look out the window. Thirty degrees and sunny, with white puffy clouds and blue skies.
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