April 6th, 2008 - Spring is HERE!
It’s been tough reading blogs of folks farther south as Spring has been around for a while. I can finally say it’s come to Oshkosh. Robins appeared about a week ago and the snow is almost all melted. (Yes, almost, there are still pockets on northern sides and where tons of snow was piled up.) My bulb garden is popping out and two flowers appeared yesterday. I worked in the yard and garden yesterday afternoon. It was too windy to do the raking I wanted to do, so instead I neatened a few beds. In the garden, next to the house, I got rid of a section of plastic covering that allows me to plant another bed–I’m going to put the watermelons there so they have room to spread out for once.
This afternoon, I plan to plant my first seeds–greens, carrots, peas, and rutabagas. I’m actually a bit late on some of them! I will have my work cut out for me when we return from vacation. It’s prime time for working on the garden and I’ll be missing it for two whole weeks! (My brother’s wedding–we’re going to go to the Johnsons’ in NJ, then the wedding in MA, then the Paulukonises’ in PA.) I’m not going to stress out about planting a lot before I leave, however. Most of the rest shouldn’t be planted until all chance of frost is gone, which isn’t until May 10. But there’s plenty of cleanup to do in the yard. Oh well! I’ll do a bit some days this week if it’s nice after work. And the rest will just have to wait. (Like the raspberries!)