Spring Is In the Air!

It's only Tuesday, give me a break! I have all sorts of positive things to post about.

For example, I'm really anxious to get a garden in this spring. I've already got a row of the early vegetables in; spinach, radishes, carrots, and broccoli.

I have some hop rhizomes in the refrigerator, waiting for a safe day to plant. But there is my predicament. I'm supposed to plant them "after the last frost and before May." Well, my last frost date is May 15 (up from May 30 about 10 years ago, global warming). So I thought I'd risk it and plant them before May. But now it's cold outside, all the warm spring weather is gone, so I guess I'll have to wait.

Next, I have to figure out a way to fence in my garden. A deer or two just ate the flowers off of all of my tulips and ate about half of my hostas.

And speaking of deer, for the last two weeks, the turkeys have been going crazy. I hear them every morning off in the woods, up the mountain, at the top of my street. They are everywhere. I guess it's their mating season. I don't remember seeing so many wild turkeys when I lived in Ohio. They are all over here in Western Maryland.

So here's to spring, turkeys and the deer that are eating my plants!