Spring Awakening Moon
So. The planting season has begun. I placed green onion sets in the ground and will place larger sets for storage onions later today. Cleaning out the area, replacing some boards, planning.
When I came inside my fingernails had soil underneath them once again. This is the 16th growing season of working with the soil and plants here on our property. It makes me glad to have a productive activity as the temperature outside grows more human tolerable. It makes me feel good to have the daffodils up and the tulips coming and the iris and lilies and liguria and Siberian iris and the martagons, the hemerocallis, the wisteria, bug bane, hosta and ferns, clematis all waiting for the conductor to cue their entrance music.
The magnolia tree has been a white flame, a presto prelude, at the edge of our tiered perennial garden for the last week or so. It burns so bright, then fades out just as the garden c0mes fully to life.
Earth’s symphonic work in shades of green and vivid color has begun and the curtain will not fall until late in the autumn. Sit back and enjoy the show.