Deer fence gates open for spring
Looks like the captive groundhog up there in Puxatawney was right after all. Ever since they pulled the thematic rodent into his special day, it’s been spring down here in the hollow.
Windy and dry, we’re starting off with a rain deficit of several inches here in Albemarle County. Definitely not a good time to burn the woodpile, but it’s good weather for turning over the compost. Eliot Coleman has inspired me and the plan is to spread out what I can get from the bottom of my poor man’s pile (i.e., not layered according to carbon-nitrogen ratios, just rotted kitchen scraps and garden debris ) before I sow early greens, peas, carrots and onions in March.
poor man’s compost pile
Witchhazel ‘Diane’ is blooming her heart out
Hybrid witchhazel 'Diane'
and the snowdrops are in bloom.
Galanthus nivalis
Close enough to spring for me.