Celebrating March

For various reasons, March is one of my favorite months, with the obvious being the first day of spring (yay!) and my birthday (a mixed blessing). I started thinking about a March post last week and started writing one over the weekend and, then, Carole picked "Ten Reasons I'm Happy it's March" as the ToT topic.  Well, that fits right in to where my brain is at the moment.

March is a month of change, as the days grow longer and, therefore, warmer. Warmer days bring out plant life and the bulbs start to show their spears.

March is a month of potential, as the afore mentioned bulbs will eventually show their true colors! The jonquils across the way are popping through the soil and could be in bloom before months end. They usually show earlier in the month, but everything will be late this year.

Our front garden is a mess because of the broken pipe and the digging that resulted when they fix it. I see a few new crocus fighting to the surface, but most of the garden is a pile of dirt or still covered with a foot of snow. Orange paint and flags still leave their mark, giving the mess a spot of color. We are thinking through plans to dig out much of the garden, replace bad dirt with good, and replant the hundreds of bulbs (in the fall) and the ground cover.

In March the soil starts to dry out and warm, which means the carport garden may be able to sustain life. We have plans to plant spinach and radishes right away and lettuces in the next couple of weeks. Whether this garden is viable is still in the offing, but we're willing to try it for another year before giving up.

Seed packets are still arriving, but Smith has many plants started an some of the early, cooler weather loving veggies will be in the ground by mid-month. 

March is a month of bluer skies and, while we'll still have plenty of snow days, there will be many more days of warmth and sun. The birds are having fun and they have started to sing their mating songs. With the sun up above, instead of the gray, spring in full bloom!

Comments

[Kym]

There is so much GOOD to celebrate in March. What a lovely post, Margene. What a lovely month -- filled with potential!

[CindyCindy]

Amen. March is the month of hope! And, it's snowing here after raining all night. March is also the month of weirder than normal weather, me thinks;-p Happy Tuesday, Dear One!

[Carole]

I'm glad you have helped me see all the good things about the month of March. I'm on the look out for red winged blackbirds now!

[Vicki]

Lovely! March means shamrocks (aka, my brother's birthday) and SPRING!!

[Kristi aka FiberFool]

You really nailed March, Margene! Change, that is for sure. We had ~2" of snow yesterday and an overnight low in the single digits but today's high is to be nearly 50 degrees.

[Silvia]

I love March too! But it's my birthday month too AND I take vacation so I don't work a ton that month...that could have something to do with it. Plus here the cherry blossoms are freaking awesome in March and my favorite thing is cherry blossoms.

Happy seeding - I'll think of you when I drive by the seed bank here in town.

[Cheryl S.]

It was so beautiful yesterday with the blue, blue sky and sparkling white mountains.

[jill]

Yes, gardening! We're debating about selling our house, which means do we start our garden?? I'm planting lettuce in pots and potatoes in bags. A portable garden is better than no garden at all!

[Chris]

Thanks for the reminder that March will not always be a fresh foot of snow on the ground. :D

[Laurie]

Your birthday is NOT a mixed blessing. Pure blessing on that one.

[Patty]

Thanks for that wonderful post Margene! Yesterday walking to my garage in the morning I'm certain I heard sounds of spring! And birthdays are the best.;-)

[Mary]

your March sounds like a perfect blessing. I hope it is!

[Sarah]

I hadn't really thought too much about it, but March does seem to be a month of change. xo