seems early yet...I can't remember from one year to the next exactly WHEN the robins come. But it seems that I always think it's early, so maybe it's not. I'm not sure what their arrival portends, either. you'd think it would mean Spring is here. But we all know that's a laugh. It's 70 degrees today, but this is Louisiana. That means it will be 30 degrees some night next week or the week after.
And it's a shame, too. Every year, the Japanese Magnolias begin to bloom, and many things are in bud. Then we get a freeze, and then we get no flowers from the fooled bushs..yo'd think they would know!
We have a couple of sayings around here, though. 'Thunder in February, frost in April'. I'm not sure about that one. "when the pecan trees leaf out, there won't be another frost' I AM sure about THAT one. It's true. But they don't leaf out until late late, so it's not that big of a trick really.
Back to the robins.
If you'd like to make your own observations, this is a fun one. Robins do this very hysterical thing. They land in your yard, or, in our case, in the field. But they stand around in a grid. It seems each robin has exactly so much space they're supposed to occupy. It's a square of sorts. One robin moves a few inches, and they ALL have to move to accomodate! shift. shift. It's a constantly shifting grid of little squares. Watch it sometime. It will make you laugh.
The garden.
The wet, wet, sloggy garden. Every year we say 'it's too wet, we'll never get out there to plow!" and the other one.."boy do I hate that winter grass!" We'll have to mow before we can plow! And we have to mow it before it goes to seed! And we'll never get out there in time, because it's too wet!
But, every year, it all works out. We've perused all the seed catalogues, but haven't taken action yet. We will, in a week or two.
We have to see about what seeds we have in the freezer! It's a bit confusing. You always order more than you need, but then you have more seeds in the freezer...
And Will always says "I'm not going to plant tomato seeds this year, I'm just going to buy some plants" And then, here comes this package from Tomato Growers....with seeds. Because he can't help himself. And he also says..."I'm not going to put in a big garden this year". And then his imaginary twenty tomato plants winds up being at least 100. We'll see.
Pictures next.
To be honest, there aren't many visuals you'd like to see right now. It may be 70 degrees, but it is still winter. Not the snowy pretty kind of winter. The wet nasty kind. The 'we haven't been in the garden for three months' kind.
Later.