Now that the
end of January is in sight, (Yay!), I have become Spring obsessed. Spring.
Where is it? Oops. Any way you look at it, Spring is still two months away. Never
mind. Spring is close (well, not really), but I don’t care. I have begun
haunting the newly-stocked garden shop at Walmart, which has not gone unnoticed
by those who work there. They even directed me to all the new flower bulbs they
have for sale. Yes. I confess. I bought some. You are supposed to plant flower
bulbs in the fall I found out, and I did, thanks to a friend who decided to
clean out her flower beds and leave me with 30 iris bulbs. They are all in the
ground and I’ve begun checking to see if they feel the need to grow yet. Nope.
Not yet. But hey, I found some seed-starting mix on sale, and bought all I
could carry. Never started seeds indoors before, but I’m so ready for spring,
I’ll be filling my little pots this very weekend, and setting up a
by-the-window seed starting platform.
So obsessed,
I went to the internet to find out if I was the only one. It seemed so, since I
appeared to be the only one hanging out in Walmart’s garden center. The
internet disappointed me. Most bloggers were more concerned about spring fashions
and spring makeup. Yep, they are all obsessed with spring too, just not in the
same general area.
Such as
“pink cowboy boots?” Uh, I’ve got several pair of cowboy boots since my horse
and I had to chase cows when I was a girl, but I can guarantee none of my boots
are pink. Moving on, found other women really excited about spring shopping for
new clothes and makeup. Uh, not interested much in $50 nail polish or $100 face
cream. And my old clothes are fine, thanks.
Then I came
upon the Fort Collins (Colo.) Nursery. Yep. When on internet I am terribly
distracted by anything that promises seeds, annuals, perennials, veggies, etc.
And this nursery knows what it’s like to be Spring obsessed, or perhaps more
accurately, garden obsessed. They even have a quiz to determine if you are
garden obsessed. This quiz offers questions such as:
Do you grow
plants in anything that holds soil? My answer: That doesn’t include coffee cans
of all sizes, empty ice cream cartons, soup and nut cans does it? It does?
Well, yes.
Do you
automatically dead-head plants when walking through you garden? Well, yeah.
Do you
refuse to leave town during the blooming season? Uh, heck, I won’t even leave
my tiny garden!
Do you carry
photos of your flower and vegetable garden? Oh dear. I confess I have photos of
the garden, but not of my great-grandson. That will have to be fixed.
Do you
refuse to kill ladybugs? Or worse, do you bring the ladybugs inside for winter?
Oh my. I love ladybugs. Yes and yes.
Have you
given up cooking for gardening? Really? Who has time to cook?
Yes. I
passed the test. I am an obsessed gardener. The only fault I found with the
Fort Collins Nursery is it’s in Colorado, and it doesn’t seem that I can buy on
line. And they have a 50-percent off section!
So on I scrolled,
searching out anything and everything needed to get Spring blooming a little
sooner than later. That’s when I came upon Better Homes & Gardens website,
again. Hey. It’s great for gardeners. And it’s the reason I’m about two hours
late with this bit of Spring foolery too. On the BH&G website you can plan
your garden, learn how to plant a garden, and even buy the garden necessities.
And I did. I’m obsessed.
But, there
is a saving grace to this, which is featured on the Fort Collins Nursery
website, and which I may have written on a stone that I will put in my garden,
which I fell in love with because I am now semi-retired. The lesson learned is:
“Anyone who stops learning is old, whether at twenty or
eighty. Anyone who keeps learning stays young.”
-Henry
Ford
‘Nough said.
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