False spring

Hyacinth 'Splendid Cornelia'

It was a glorious 55 degrees today... what a lovely warm spell after two weeks of snow and ice! To add to the whole spring vibe, the first of my forced hyacinth bulbs has started to bloom at a time when the tulips and dutch iris outdoors are just starting to peek up out of the ground. The scent is wonderful. I have to remember to hunt down cheap hyacinth bulbs again in the coming fall.

Beside the tulips, rhubarb is starting to pop up outdoors, which reminds me that I've been planning to dig up the existing clumps and divide them this year. It's probably too early to get started with the digging, but it's never too early to start planning... and I've got a lot of planning to do this year, especially since I've got more seed varieties than my 100 square feet of garden can support. These divisions are going to need a lot more space, more sunlight, and plenty of fertilizer, and I'm short on everything but the fertilizer.*

Speaking of lack of space and more sunlight, this coming week, I need to get sweet peas (not to mention my beloved snow peas) planted. Last year, I unwisely planted my sweet peas in shade, and to make a long story short, they were spindly and pathetic. I overcompensated by buying three packages of sweet pea seeds for this year, and once again, I can't find a sunny place to plant them. So I'm setting myself a deadline to find a spot or make one-- next week, I'll either be blogging about my newly planted sweet peas, or sheepishly wallowing in shame and self-loathing.

So yeah, my sweet peas and I will be seeing you next week. (eep!)

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* - but that's a story for another week.

Cross-posted to Vox.