It's too early, David, the sage gardener of Stella's Guesthouse and Gardens, warns as he delivers my order of pansies. Too early for such warm weather he means.
The
lilacs are coming on too quick. They need to shelter in place and
wait until the hard frosts of April pass before they put out their
bloom buds.
Marijo who's come over from next door to pick out some pansies, shifts from foot to foot as we watch David pull out of the drive. Now I'm worried too, she says.
Frost won't hurt the daffodils or
or the Hellebore's also known as Lenten Rose.
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| Frost could nip the bleeding hearts just emerging from their winter sleep. |
Don't worry, I say. It's an old farmer's trick to ward off the garden gods. If you get excited at the nice turn of weather, the garden gods will hear sending a killing frost or blizzard. David's protecting us by telling the gods the weather's too warm.
Though it did snow the day after David delivered the pansies. It wasn't a blizzard. The blessing is working!
This March has been relatively nice all month, even exceptional for a couple of weeks.
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| The completed pots |
David isn't fooled. Now that he's blessed the garden with his "too warm" blessing, I'm sure to have arm loads of lilacs in May. Mother Nature's the biggest prank player of all time.
Enjoy your April Fool's day.
Isn't Mother Nature grand?! Take good care of each other dear ones until next week.
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