Gardening with Beryl March 5^th 2008

Hello My Dear Gardening Friends,

You are receiving this somewhat late for my computer decided to misbehave and not function -

I have just been dug out of the huge snowfall that arrived overnight and most of today I hear that there is still a lot more to come and this is March? 

I am hoping that all will be well next Thursday for a whole bus load is off to Canada Blooms; wouldn’t it be dreadful if we missed it, because we are all snowed in once again?  I have cancelled yet another meeting for tonight, will it never end?  The snow came in November and stayed, so everyone is getting tired of removing snow, but worst of all is where to put it since starting this news letter – I discovered where the snow went – into my basement, along with all the basements on this road, the lake rose and there it was – I did however make use of the water – I put all those dried pots of “things” from last fall in the water and not only did it give everyone a big drink but also helped to “mop” up the water – someone hands you lemons so make lemonade !!!!

The Song of the Snowdrop Fairy

Deep sleeps the winter,

Cold, wet and grey;

Surely all the world is dead;

Spring is far away,

Wait! The world shall waken;

It is not dead, for lo,

The fair Maids of February

Stand in the snow!

- Cicely Mary Barker

I am afraid that we still have no snowdrops to cheer us, but we gardeners are full of patience aren’t we?  Spring will come and then we all are happy. May I suggest that you go and buy yourselves a pot of daffodils, for around $3 – this way you will at least get a taste of spring.

April the 15^th and I have just got my computer back from the “hospital”. The snow is going very quickly, I even have bare patches and today the snow on the lake changed colour, can’t be too long before the ice leaves and then the ground will start to warm up. The crows are out of the woods and I have to confess that I have been feeding them hamburger meat – I love my crows, they are so disdainful of me, they walk around the property with the air of ownership.

Good gardening.

Lovingly Beryl