Weekly Garden Snapshot: 2023 week 10
This week there is less and less ice in my front garden, revealing the patiently waiting greenery of creepers underneath. And the dry brown in the back garden is showing the new green of young iris leaves if you poke beneath last year’s old, withered ones.
Looking back 1-2 weeks and 1-2 years, we do seem to be balanced now between snow and ice, and new spring buds poking their way up, with either iris greens, or hopeful tulip shoots leading the way.
Looking back 2-4 weeks and 2-4 years we get a glimpse of some real flowers. Will 2023 show us crocuses or lenten roses first this year? But don’t forget there’s maybe a shower or two of snow still waiting.
…This week my garden is remembering the spring. Slowly, but surely, spring.