topic Re: Spring is coming in Garden

Spring is coming

Hopein24 — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:09:45 GMT

I love all the Fall and Winter holidays and I do love the snow. But boy, do I love the first reminder that Spring IS eventually coming! For me, that is the arrival of the 2025 Burpee seed catalog in the mail. Sitting down with a hot cup of tea and sketching out what my little garden will look like is bliss to me. Seeing the new variety of plants. The promise of a REAL tomato sandwich and colanders full of dried Ford Hook King Lima beans. The return of the Robins and the smell of fresh cut grass. But mostly, being able to pluck a huge, red, juicy tomato from my plants and slice it on toast, with black pepper. Sigh. It makes the long Winter pass just a bit more quickly. 🐝🦋🌱

Re: Spring is coming

Kachina624 — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:14:09 GMT

I dread Spring because that means Summer isn't far behind. Every one is hotter than than the last, and longer. They're becoming a nightmare.

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Marciirene — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:18:28 GMT

I LOVE SPRING! It's my favorite season! Everything comes ALIVE again,! So BEAUTIFUL 😍!!!

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LadybugDG — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:36:49 GMT

I love Spring!!! My favorite time of the year. I love working in my little flower bed and decorating my porch with potted plants. Can't wait till my hummingbirds come back, I love watching them 🌺🌹🌼🌷

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Icegoddess — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 02:47:01 GMT

I've already received 2 garden catalogues. Now to find some time to sit down with them. My calendar is usually pretty empty until December.

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Bookplate — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 03:18:32 GMT

1. It's not even winter yet, still fall.

2. The only way I get through summer is to think about brisk autumnal and chilly winter days. The early fall clothing catalogs work for me like the seed catalogs work for you.

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spiderw — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 03:27:17 GMT

The summers are getting hotter and hotter which leaves me without energy or motivation. I love the Fall and Winter and am not in a hurry to see them pass. I take each day as it comes and enjoy this time of year.

Re: Spring is coming

Desertdi — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 04:52:32 GMT

@Kachina624

I cringe when our local weathercasters are jumping all over the TV stage yelling, "Whoopie...it's going to be warmer tomorrow"...

WHAT??? Our winter temps are now about 5+ degrees above average. di

Re: Spring is coming

Kachina624 — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:04:14 GMT

@Desertdi. We've had some cold nights but they'll just last one or two nights, then it gets warmer.

DESERTDI.

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Desertdi — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:16:59 GMT

@Kachina624

There was also an "editorial" about foreign ag companies growing crops in AZ, and sending the produce back over to their homeland....BUT USING UP OUR WATER.

I didn't study econ...but something tells me, "It ain't right"... di

Re: Spring is coming

Kachina624 — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:18:19 GMT

@Desertdi. That may cease soon.

Re: Spring is coming

Desertdi — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 05:49:22 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
@Desertdi. We've had some cold nights but they'll just last one or two nights, then it gets warmer.

DESERTDI.

@Kachina624

YEAH! I've got the heat pump running at night...plus a space heater where I sit.

Next thing I'll be complaining about will be the ELECTRIC BILL(!!!) di

Re: Spring is coming

jlkz — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 08:28:07 GMT

@Hopein24

On Dec.21 ( eight days away ! ) you will be getting one more minute of daylight per day. And then, your Spring will be here !!! Get your gardening gear together !

Re: Spring is coming

Meowingkitty — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:44:54 GMT

@Kachina624 wrote:
I dread Spring because that means Summer isn't far behind. Every one is hotter than than the last, and longer. They're becoming a nightmare.

I dread spring too because we don't really get much in Arizona. It's just another month of hot. Every summer seems longer and hotter.

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Meowingkitty — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 12:46:08 GMT

@Desertdi wrote:
@Kachina624

I cringe when our local weathercasters are jumping all over the TV stage yelling, "Whoopie...it's going to be warmer tomorrow"...

WHAT??? Our winter temps are now about 5+ degrees above average. di

Don't ya just wannna slap them? I swear they were disappointed when the temps finally got under 110.

Re: Spring is coming

CJC — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:09:19 GMT

@jlkz wrote:
@Hopein24

On Dec.21 ( eight days away ! ) you will be getting one more minute of daylight per day. And then, your Spring will be here !!! Get your gardening gear together !

I'm with ya! 🪴

Re: Spring is coming

Ainhisg — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:32:23 GMT

As I've gotten older, I find that I don't like the extreme seasons very much--winter and summer. Spring and fall are my favorites with fall taking the lead. I live in southwest Missouri, so we have all seasons and all extremes.

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Still Raining — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:48:09 GMT

I put out lots bulbs over the last couple of weeks. Looking forward to seeing some nice colors again this spring. Gladiolus all cut back.

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sarahpanda — Fri, 13 Dec 2024 13:53:43 GMT

@Kachina624 Right there with ya....and with Spring comes the BUGS !

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Northerngal — Thu, 19 Dec 2024 16:23:43 GMT

My favorite time of year is Spring. I can not wait for QVC to start rolling out their live plant programs for 2025.