Garden fairies here.
We are garden fairies and we would like to state right from the beginning that we did not teach the birds to call out “weirdo, weirdo, weirdo” when Carol stepped out into the garden the other morning.
But we did think it was hilarious when they did, and goodness, if you could have seen the look on Carol’s face when she looked around for which bird it was who was calling out to her.
“Weirdo, weirdo, weird.”
If only we garden fairies had cameras.
But alas, we do not have cameras so not only did we not get a picture of Carol looking for birds, but we have to rely on Carol to take whatever pictures get posted on this blog.
But that is the least of our concerns on this fine day.
What we are most concerned about is we got nearly eight inches of rain over the past week. Seedy and Soddy needed all of us to help make sure the garden didn’t become a pond.
But by golly, by Monday afternoon, Carol determined it was dry enough to mow her front lawn, so that’s what she did. It looks pretty nice ,though in the beginning, she had the blade a half-inch too low, but somehow, we got her attention and before she did the main part of the front lawn, she raised the blade up.
Whew, that was a close call.
Of course, Carol has not mowed in the back yet, and for once it has nothing to do with her inherent and certain laziness. It is because she rightly wants the crocus foliage to mature a bit more before she cuts it off. And the longer it is for Easter, the easier it will be to hide eggs in it! Win-win if she can hold off for another week and a half.
In other news, the last few mornings have been quite chilly, as in freezing, but we are garden fairies, we will not panic. All the flowers are just fine and if any aren’t, well, we are garden fairies, there is only so much we can do.
And we are doing a lot right now because it is spring so we are going to end this post shortly with a few reports. Granny ‘Gus’ McGarden, who is in charge of The Vegetable Garden Cathedral, is pleased with the peas so far and is also taking good care of the lettuces, etc. Hortense and Honoria have been working like crazy on new spring blooms. They are particularly pleased with the grape hyacinths, tulips, star flowers, windflowers, and well, all the flowers. Seedy and Soddy are taking a much-deserved break after all the rain.
And I, Violet GreenPea Maydreams, am busy looking for the best hiding places for Easter eggs!
Submitted by:
Violet GreenPea Maydreams, Chief Scribe and Committee Chair for the Development and Furtherment of Easter Egg Hiding Places
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