A postcard from early spring
I’m sending you some postcards from an early spring day which I’ve spent outside in my garden and nature. I hope you like them and that they will fill you with some spring bliss!
After a week with frost, snow and rainy days today is a mild day with a blue sky and some white clouds are slowly passing by. The sun feels warm on my skin as I’m looking out over the garden where the first sprouts of green appear. It is “this time of year when it is summer in the sun and winter in the shade “(quote by Charles Dickens). Spring is definitely around the corner, have you felt it too?
Our bees were buzzing around. Unfortunately only one beehive of the four we had survived the winter. It’s mystery what the reason is but a lot of beekeepers experienced the a similar loss.
Blooming willow catkins where the bees can collect their pollen. Their shape reminds me of the tiny yellow pockets of pollen the bees carry on their legs. Can you notice it on one bee on the first picture?
I’d love to spend this day outside to breathe in the fresh air, feel the earth between my fingers, hear the birds sing and smell the subtle sweet scent of spring.
It feels so wonderful to sit outside again after a long winter. I’m warming my hands on a cup of freshly picked herbal tea from the garden. Tiny daisies are cheering up the grass and lemon balm already produces its first leaves. The perfect mix for a calming tea!
I’m enjoying my favourite garden magazine “May and June” which is filled with spring gardens, garden inspiration and tips, and much more interesting articles and spring happiness.
I was having a day off and beside cleaning the windows of our house, I didn’t had any plans. I have to admit this is quite exceptional for me! So I went into the garden and stayed there until dinner time and enjoyed the calming benefits of time spend working in the garden.
I’ve been pruning the climbing roses which were already sprouting. The vegetable garden is prepared for sowing as I’ve removed the layers of mulch and added already compost to certain beds. Everything looks bare now but I know it will change quickly within some weeks. I’m so much longing for the flowers to bloom again!
Time to sow the first rows of peas, snow peas, spinach and rucola. I’ve also sown some flowers which need the cold to germinate, such as wild carrot, cornflower and pink gypsophila. I’m really grateful for the dark and rich soil we have. Loose and crumbly soil full of earthworms and other insects which indicates a healthy soil food web. This is the starting point for growing nutritious and flourishing vegetables. It takes years to attain this kind of soil but it’s definitely worth all the effort.
During a walk in nature I came across the first spring wildflowers like celandine, creeping speedwell, dandelion, goosegrass, … . These floral treasures are really a sign early spring has arrived! Just wonderful, isn’t it?!
