Is It Spring Yet?

I've been planning my spring planting since October. Began mulching my newspaper with garden scraps. I added all my leaves from fall to the mulch pile. Began a worm bin in November. Put Japanese Maple tree seeds in the refrigerator in January. I even began to receive my vegetable seeds in February. May seem like a lot of work, but each is a story of its own. Don't worry, stories will come.

But here in Pittsburgh, the weather likes to tease anticipating gardeners like me. The temperature fluctuates between 20-65 F. But when it should just warm up and stay in the 40s for the start of spring it still snows!

Oh, well. I guess I'm just more sensitive this year since I'm itching to plant something.

This morning the ground was covered with snow. By noon it was all melted. Then I took a closer look at my back yard. From a distance it looks like a barren hill. Then up close, tulips and daffodils are starting to pop their heads up.


I've got to plant my bare root Dogwood tree.