Spring Is Bustin' Out All Over
[image error]Okay so the song is really "June is bustin' out all over", but you get the idea. There are signs everywhere that spring is upon us. The plots around the street-lining trees are full of bulbs freshly burst from the ground. The trees are beginning to bud. And the rose bush that I rescued from my next door neighbor's apartment (he moved) is getting new leaves. Still not certain a rose will bloom on a covered balcony in NYC but hey, I couldn't let it go down the garbage shoot.
Yesterday, even though it was still cold, I was outside getting rid of all the frozen plants from last year. And now my pots look all primed and ready for planting. Springtime in the city feels more like a rebirth than it ever did in Texas where things hardly had the chance to die back before it was time to grow again. I'd love to have a real garden, to grow some of the plants I couldn't support in the Texas heat. Peonies, Rhododendron, Delphiniums. But I'll settle for my little terrace, and my assortment of pots and pot-friendly plants.
Last year's tomato plant wasn't exactly a booming success. Only one tiny tomato. But I'm a sucker for anything green and love summer tomatoes, so I'll probably give it a try again this year. In a bigger pot—for more root development. Was going to get a Texas rose from the Rose Emporium (in Brenham), but now that I've inherited the new one (actually there are two, but the jury is still out on one of them) I figure I should give them a chance to flourish.[image error]
Anyway, as the days grow brighter and warmer, I rejoice in the rebirth of all the plants and flowers. And find it particularly uplifting to stumble upon a little urban garden and the bright happy faces of tulips and crocus and daffodils. It's not as beautiful as Vienna—which literally bursts with color in the spring. But it's still lovely. And maybe more so because every plant has to work a little harder to find space to bloom and grow!
Happy Spring! What's blooming in your garden?
