Wednesday, March 2, 2011

I just want to play in the dirt :)


My favorite time of year is definitely Winter. I love sweater weather, rainy days, hot coffee, and all the holidays that go along with the cooler months of the year. But I have to admit, there is something magical about Spring. To see the riot of color in the faces of the opening flowers and even the smell of damp earth waiting to be planted. Every year there comes a day when suddenly I feel the garden tugging at me to come outside and restore the neglected flower beds and hanging baskets. My wonderful hubby bought me a Meyer Lemon tree and planted it for me last week. It has tons of buds that will become lemons soon and I can't wait to go outside and "harvest" them :) We purchased pansies and daisies and azaleas and roses and big bags of potting soil.  My little grandson David is stopping by later and he can help me plant my Sunflower seeds and Sweet Pea seeds too! (After last years attack of the mutant tomato plant that took over the entire backyard, I'm going to stick with flowers and buy my veggies at the grocery store like normal people do) I can hardly wait to put on my gardening gloves and get dirty!

5 comments:

  1. I would love to have a mutant tomato plant!!!
    Happy planting!!

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  2. yeah i had a mutant tomato plant too - it produced for 2 solid years until i just decided to rip it out. love that the hubs got you a lemon tree! that's so sweet.

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  3. You have just inspired me to go flower/seed shopping with Kyleah. She just loves to plant things and help them to grow; so this will be our outing this weekend :-).

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  4. Oh! I miss CA! (Sometimes.) Grew up in the Central Valley, where EVERYTHING grows and almond trees are abundant. Here in Flagstaff we have about 3 months of summer (the trees are bare and the snow doesn't melt until June, despite AZ's reputation for hot, hot, HOT) so it's almost impossible to grow anything. :-(

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  5. Sounds wonderful! We still have snow. After the nice weather in Hawaii it was hard to come back to snow, rain and flooding. I'd like to try growing zucchini and tomatoes this year but I tend to forget about watering the plants and end up killing them!

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