March Moments

As we near the end of March the scene is very different to the same time last year.  I am so glad that Easter is later this year.  I usually have an abundance of plant material to use for decorating both my front porch and the Easter dining table, however, the garden is looking very dismal at the moment.  I have resorted to visiting a number of nurseries this month buying myself cut flowers and spring-flowering plants.  I have had to monitor leaving the pansies outside as even though they prefer cooler temperatures, they have suffered a little some nights.  One of my favourite cut flowers are freesias and I was happy to hear that Art Knapps (@artknappskelowna) bring them in regularly.  

Bulb shoots are slowly coming through in the garden beds but it will be some time before we will be seeing the actual blooms.  As of writing this post there are still patches of snow to be seen during our walks in Fintry Provincial Park.  I have managed at least to do some garden clean up.  In particular raking up many leaves and pruning shrubs and roses.  

It was lovely to see the rockery garden slowly unveiled as the snow melted.  I am always amazed how resilient the plants are having endured the long harsh winter.  Without doubt the deep snow protected a lot of the plants.

I can finally see my rockery garden.

I have two containers of potted bulbs that I plunged into the vegetable garden last fall.  These I have now placed in the greenhouse and there are young green shoots appearing.   I am hoping by bringing the bulbs on in the greenhouse they will be ready in time for Easter. 

Here’s hoping for warmer temperatures and new discoveries in the garden.