A Spring without Rain...

It has been a long time since we've had such a dry spring.  And, such a cold one too.  Everything is extremely late, but, now just into summer, we have our spring.  With all this talk of global warming, we were beginning to think that we should be getting ready for a deep freeze. 

The container gardens were released from indoor captivity to play again in the Garden, the seeds that had been planted have started to grow, and the first and second seedings of grass (I ran out of seed - too much winterkill) are starting to sprout.  

With the rain, the lawn that survived the winter is growing like a weed, and fortunately not like a dandelion weed (although, there are still some around that I haven't managed to get out yet).  

We have a new visitor to the garden this year - probably because the field behind us was newly plowed, after a few year of just growing a hay crop.  The new visitor, as yet unseen, really enjoyed my peas shoots, and the single blooming hollyhocks - so I have a new pot stuffed with pea seeds - it will be interesting to see how well this works;  at least it can't be any less successful than the recent garden episode!

GARDENING; THE GOOD ENOUGH METHOD

We are having a late spring frost, so I am unable to do much planting for another week or two.  I made up for this by getting out in the garden to do a bit of tidy-up. 

My little vegetable growing area was looking pretty sad after the winter, and two summers of neglect!, and I spent about an hour raking out the leaves and fixing up the climbing supports.  I am pleased with the results. 

I will be planting vegetables and annuals among the perennials, as they come to life.  So, at this moment I need to be patient and allow things to pop up in the garden.  Here are the basic structures that I am planning on using.

The 'circle' supports are being used in a different setup from their original plan, but they are quite secure and I will see how well they work.  If they are not strong enough, or tall enough, I will have to have a rethink!

I am unable to attach the trellis style climbers to the wall, so I used the spiral stakes that I already owned to secure them in place. While they are not perfect, they are definitely ‘Good Enough’,  and they will look great once things get growing.