Hello My Friends
Well, any minute now it will be February, so here are a few last January gardening bits. First off, here is a snappy of the lettuce crop in the cold frame. Not bad for January in the mountains.
And here are a few beets that just popped up. Kind of puny lookin' but I anticipate better things to come. No action from the green onions yet.
Here is a planter box that was planted with Freesias today. They make such a lovely fragrance when they are in bloom. I bought them at Home Depot. I wanted some Paper Whites but couldn't find any. When I was just a youngster they were the first thing to pop their heads up in the spring, they seemed so optimistic, signifying the end of winter. Their fragrance takes me back to my childhood, ahh wonderful. Fragrance can be such a powerful memory trigger.
And lastly we have some Lombardy Poplar cuttings my neighbor gave me. The heavy snow we had a while back broke quite a few branches off their trees. Cuttings are a great way to propagate trees. There are some giant old cottonwoods on the way to town and I have been threatening for years to get some cuttings from them. I had better move out on that, or it will get late too early again.
Happy Gardening
Jack
