This is the time of year when Coloradans start getting giddy about gardening. Normally, we’ve had months of snow and cold weather, and as it starts heating up, the gardening stores start opening for the season. We don’t really plant the majority of crops here until mid May, but March is when we start planning the gardens and browsing seed catalogs.
One of the hardest things about moving into an apartment last year was knowing that I would have to go a summer without gardening. Sure, I have a balcony, but it gets virtually no sun. Also, I am terrible at container gardening.
So, when it became clear that I am going to have to rent for another year, I started going through some serious garening withdrawl.
Then I found Growing Gardens, an organization that runs several community gardens in the area, one of which is right on my way to work. After spending a couple weeks on the waiting list, I got a call last week that a half-plot was available. Yippie!!
I’ve already stopped by twice to check out the plot. A friend is going in on this with me so that we’ll have two of us to do some of the work, and we’ll be working on amending the soil and getting drip lines in. We made plans to get together to start working the soil this weekend.
Then, in typical Colorado fashion, this happened.
You didn’t really think I would write a post today without talking about the snow, did you?
In Colorado, we have four seasons: Summer, Fall, Winter, and Snow. After a dry winter, it was a nice change to have some good snow yesterday and today. I am fortunate enough to be able to work from home, so I haven’t had to deal with the weather and the roads. It’s been two days of working from home and doing some things I don’t normally have time for.
I guess the garden will have to wait another week!
