Auralie,

Sounds like we long-time gardeners are going through some “technical difficulties”. Hope you are ready for the garden when it is ready for you come warmer weather this spring. I know I am looking forward to playing in my garden this year in particular. Been through some rough times with health since last August. End of this month scheduled for heart valves replacement. Nothing they can do about copd - emphazima. Talk of selling and moving. Mostly just have to take it one day at a time and see where it all ends up.

Meanwhile, enjoying the hellebores, Adonis, snowdrops, aconite, reticulata iris, now local natives are beginning to bloom.

Gene

 

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From: o*@hort.net [mailto:owner-gardenchat@hort.net] On Behalf Of Auralie Logan

 

I, too, miss gardenchat, since I don't spend time on Facebook.

It has been good to hear of your garden plans.  I have been struggling to figure

out what I can do this spring since I had a fall and a broken hip over the Christmas

weekend.  I am getting around pretty well now, but don't think I will be able to

handle my hillside garden or do much bending for weed-pulling.  Old age - 88

years - has a lot to do with it, too.

 

Our winter was most peculiar - warm, even up into the 60s some days for the

months of January and February.  My white Hellebore has been spectacular

with more than 35 blooms. and about three weeks ago I took a bunch of blooms

from my conventional purple Hellebore to our garden club meeting.  Daffodils

are well up and  some of the early ones are showing buds.  Trees are definitely

budding out.  And then two days ago we had a so-called blizzard with a foot of

snow and temperatures down into the 20s.  (I used to be told that to be a blizzard

the temperatures must be below 20 degrees and the wind above 50 mph - with

more than a foot of snow.)  Anyway, today is bright and sunny, and already in the

upper 20s.  I think rain is predicted for the weekend.  Oh well. 

 

I really must get my head together and order at least things to plant in the pots

near the house. 

 

It was so good to hear from some of you

Auralie