For reals?

See this? It’s the little run-off creek that is right outside my back door. It only runs if the ground is very saturated with water. That water right there was snow just a few days ago, before the weather warmed up a bit, finally. Not that it has stayed warm, cause it was snowing again this very morning. But – I’m not complaining about the weather – I’m looking on the bright side! Water that used to be snow!Now these poor snowdrops have been through the wringer this spring. They have emerged, only to be buried with snow again, no fewer than four times in the last couple weeks. Do we hear them complaining? Nope.These right here? Larry’s crocuses. Ever an impatient soul, Larry doesn’t like to wait for stuff to happen, so he planted his crocuses on top of the septic tank where the ground is warmer than anywhere else on the place. We won’t go into the fact they are planted in straight lines – the man is a carpenter and he likes things to come out evenly. When he’s not looking, I go out and poke some in the ground in scattered spots. “Look honey – your crocuses are naturalizing!”And what might this be? The beginning emergence of daffodils? Tulips? Hyacinths, maybe? None of the above – that is garlic! We just used the last of the 2010 garlic the other day, so I would call that a successful experiment. He planted twice as much last fall, and now it is all coming up.

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