There is actually a wikipedia definition for mud season. I didn’t know that.  I know the season exists, of course.  The season between winter and spring, when the snow melts and tries to sink in, but can’t, leaving a layer of muck sliding around on top of the frozen underlayer.  Treacherous for walking/hiking, messy for floors, and discouraging for gardeners standing with trowel in hand, ready for the ground to be ready.

I walked around Teasel Hill today, assessing the damage and the promise.  The darn deer have even munched on the garlic tops, for heaven’s sake!  They hate garlic!  They have sampled the crocus foliage, of course, and are searching for tulip tops (none visible yet.) They have decimated the azaleas, pruned back the magnolia and trampled lots of perennials.  Time to respray with Liquid Fence, available from Ferda’s Garden Center.

More goodies have arrived.  Miniature roses are here, and will be potted up soon to grow on for spring.  We have some beautiful miniature tree roses in stock, too.

I walked into the greenhouses today, looking for Patty, and the sun and moisture warming the potting soil just brought those spring feelings right back! It is coming!

Written by Lynn on the slope of Teasel Hill where the day is sunny and the temperature on the patio is 50 degrees.

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