Comments on: Signs of Spring

By: splendid

splendid — Tue, 23 Mar 2010 11:20:26 +0000

Spring is in the air here in Northern Kentucky, my first crocus popped up and my pussy willow bush is covered with tiny balls that feel like lovely soft cat feet! I spent 3 hours raking up the autumn leaves on Sunday and now the new grass is feeling the March wind tug and I can almost see it stretching and growing!

By: Mary Jo Heacock

Mary Jo Heacock — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 20:53:21 +0000

The mounds of snow in my parking lot are almost gone!!!!

By: Cheryl

Cheryl — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 18:28:43 +0000

Here in Asheville, NC I am noticing more bird song, 3 yellow crocuses in the woods, a purple-pink tinge to trees and shrubs (the life force is rising!), and buds on the early flowering trees. Also as I walk around my garden, I see lemon balm, nettle, catnip, spearmint, yarrow and elecampagne beginning to poke their sweet green faces up…and loads of chickweed!

By: Ramona Gault

Ramona Gault — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 14:42:06 +0000

Dear Waverly,
Gosh, I hope it’s not too late to plant sweet peas! I usually have mine started in pots indoors by now but for unknown reasons I’ve procrastinated this year. Your concern spurred me into action though, and I planted seeds of April in Paris and Jewels of Albion yesterday, both outdoors and in pots on my verandah, where they’ll get morning sun. As with you, mine are a tradition. As the first great-grandchild, I was the apple of my great-grandfather’s eye. His favorite flower was sweetpeas (I’ve read they were extremely popular nationwide at that time). The family story is that my great-grandmother was in the garden picking sweetpeas when Papa died peacefully, in his bed, one day in May 1950. So I grow them for him, and for the pleasure they give me. I feel so fortunate to have started life in a four-generation family matrix.
This is a rich edition of Living in Season; it will take me a while to digest it all. Thanks so much. It’s a blessing to all of us.

By: Waverly Fitzgerald

Waverly Fitzgerald — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:05:45 +0000

Dear Teresa,

Love your posting on the mystery of dogs and mud in spring.

waverly

By: Waverly Fitzgerald

Waverly Fitzgerald — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 07:02:46 +0000

Dear Ariana,

Thanks so much for sending your signs of Spring in Chicago. I hadn’t thought about the moss, but I did notice it seemed more brilliantly green. I love hearing about the thunderstorms too. One of my fondest memories from my one visit to Chicago (in summer!)

Alas, there were over 50 contributions to the Signs of Spring in the first day (you can see all of them on the web site) and yours was not one of the first three and not eligible for the free almanac

If you are really interested in Bill’s almanac, I recommend purchasing a copy directly from him.

Blessings of spring,
Waverly Fitzgerald
Living in Season
http://www.livinginseason.com

By: Shannon

Shannon — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 05:04:16 +0000

I was told my husband and daughter today that the daffodils are several inches high — here in Wisconsin where the snow just melted a couple days ago. I’d love to receive a copy of Bill’s almanac — and Waverly, thank you for always including not only your own seasonal wisdom but resources to other’s wisdom as well!
love and light
Shannon

By: crystal

crystal — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 02:08:38 +0000

Great photos! So pretty how the green life comes out of the surrounding brown leaves…its own protective mulch.

By: Janet Van Peursem

Janet Van Peursem — Tue, 16 Mar 2010 01:36:04 +0000

Here in Milwaukee, it feels very urban and I long for the country. There are usually huge piles of snow and when they start to melt, that is a sign that spring is coming.Everything gets very muddy, but, you start to see the green
in the grass coming up through what looks withered and decayed and flattened
from all the snow lying on top of it. Then, if you look harder, you start to
see little crocuses just starting to pierce the earth. This is what I wait for
each spring. It is a very gradual change. I begin to long for the promise
of spring to be fulfilled. Soon, it will be there. There will be flowers and buds all over!

By: Teresa M

Teresa M — Mon, 15 Mar 2010 23:39:47 +0000

The picture of the Skunk Cabbage got me thinking about my dogs’ behavior this spring. Smell is a big part of dog owning, and I notice that the dogs are bringing in a pungent smell of spring. They are indulging in mud eating at the dog parks, and lapping up muddy puddles by the quart. So now we are treated to not just the moldy, decaying, rich organic smell of dried mud in their paws as we methodically wipe them, but in their noses and mouths. Why, why, I ask? They refuse to answer. Spring mystery.