Almost spring, 2008

Can't believe I've neglected this blog so long - gardening, then family health/death issues, and then a move were all-consuming last year. Now it's time to take a breather for a week or so before starting to move my gardens. The ground is still mostly frozen and there are drifts of snow still melting but I have been outside a couple of times, cutting back and cleaning up. In a week or so I will start preparing planting beds at the new home and by the end of April will start to move all my garden plants over. The old property is half-an-hour away. It's a lot of work but I've done it before and will do it again. This was move #14 in my adult life, and move #7 which entailed transplanting garden plants. They get more numerous as time goes on! I will leave plantings around the house at the old place but plan to eliminate the huge garden and fill in the pond. There aren't too many people that want (and can maintain) a garden that size.