After gardening, day-after-day, from May to August, I am content to taper off in September. The fall is a lovely time for hiking. Beautiful autumn colours, crisp sunny days.
But then cold, dreary, wet weather in the winter months set in and keep me inside more than I'd like.
I'm OK for a while to not be gardening, but then the shorter days and lack of sunlight start to get to me.
It's now been over three months since I've done any serious dirt-digging, and my thoughts have returned to gardening. I leaf through gardening magazines, occasionally heaving a sigh. I browse seed catalogues, dream about different deck-plant-layouts, and fantasize about building cold-frames.
In early March I'll start some seeds indoors on a windowsill.
In the meantime I'll plan and dream,
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| I've just gotta try growing these this year ! |
and remember.
Do you go through dirt withdrawal too ?
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Lovely garden! I have a black thumb so I suffer no dirt withdrawal. I love winter and snow so as long as my town isn't overly plagued by dark, dirty inversions, I'm pretty content. During the heat of summer, though, I tend to suffer a wee bit of snow withdrawal.
ReplyDeleteWow girl. We are total opposites. I've never heard of someone going through "snow" withdrawal. lol
DeleteI have a "black thumb" too -- coz I can't wash the dirt off. ;-)
Nah, Sybil, I've never gone through "dirt withdrawal" and have hardly been able to move plants from one inappropriate place to another. It does make me happy to see someone such as yourself with such enthusiasm for gardening, though. And your blooming pictures make it seem so beautiful and worthwhile.
ReplyDeleteThanks Kathy. I think gardening is almost like meditation for me. I have nary a thought in my head when I'm puttering in the garden.
DeleteFor me January is a busy month in the garden. Other than watering, I rest in July and August.
ReplyDeleteLes, Les, Les. Marry me and take me away from this non-gardening climate.
DeleteI love gardening but can not dig anymore. I use my animal (helper) to spade or plant for me. (my back will not allow digging)I imagine that your soil is really good there. I make my own compost with goat manure, hay, and the many leaves from my yard.The summers here in Texas are brutal and I have to carefully select what I think will not need much supplemental watering. I use mostly native plants for these are the only ones that don't need to be babied after they are established.
ReplyDeleteThat sucks about your back.
DeleteI'm afraid I have the opposite problem in my garden. It can get very sodden. We have a wet climate and the soil doesn't drain well so I guess it must have too much clay in it. I need to work more on feeding my soil and adding more mulch.
Oh I definitely go through dirt withdrawal!!! Sadly I haven't received any seed catalogs to leaf through. Probably my own fault for not ordering from one for a long time, or perhaps the online way is more cost efficient for Burpee, my favorite seed catalog. I fantasize about all the things I'd start and plan, but some how time and money usually limit those fantasies!
ReplyDeleteBut oh the fantasies are fun aren't they ? What I do seldom measures up to what I dream, but those dreams help get me through the winter.
DeleteDear Dirt Girl,
ReplyDeleteTry to keep a chin up until you can dig again. Spring will come.
Lovely photo of you doing what you love best.
Amy took that photo of me when we went out plant-raiding. We found an area where the locals had been dumping their unwanted plants in a lot at the end of their street.
DeleteSybil, YES! There's nothing quite like digging and mulshing, weeding and replanting, and then to end all of your hard work with watering the garden....brilliant!
ReplyDeleteJanuary and February are our hottest months of the year so I have been spending way too much time keeping clean lately. Oh how I long to get into the dirt again! Gardening for me is the most relaxing passtime I can think of. :)
I didn't realize that you stopped gardening at the same time as us but for opposite reasons.
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