Yesterday, I hobbled around the yard to check thing out. At this point this little yellow crochus is the only bloom. However, the daffodils and tulips are peeking their tendler little heads out of the muclh with the promise of a spring full of glorious blooms. Having had this promise in past seasons, I face it with a bit of apprehension. I am aware of 2 ways in which those blooms may be stolen from us. The first is similar to that faced each year by the Florida fruit growers; the freak freeze that comes just as the buds are about to open (or fruit ripen). Not sure I can do anything about that. I do have lots of mulch around and over them, which should help for a while. We'll just have to wait and see. I don't see myself putting floating row cover on and off as the weather people over-estimate the threat of freezing weather as they seem to love to do... Anything to create a sensation.
The second threat to bountiful blooms are those pesky wabbits. So far, I didn't see any nibbled buds. I know that the daffodils are safe because they don't like them. But... they seem to love the tulips and crochus. So I did my first "gardening" of the year by spraying "liquid fence" on everything. My first volley in this battle for the blooms. Last year, I won. Two years ago, I lost. So here we go with another season "on the brink".. (Sorry Bobby)
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