Grudgingly Spring...
...As another of Ohio's glorious grey days reminds us that, yes, it is spring, but yes, you are still in Ohio, and it is not snowing...at least for the moment. It snowed yesterday, but we have been promised temperatures in the 70's. Really? I will believe it when I feel it. But somehow the plants outdoors haven't been fooled whether the weather is cold or warm. They are on schedule with shy purple blossoms of hyacinths and crocus beginning to show their brave colors. My potted chive plants are undaunted as they flourish in whatever crazy spring weather we have. I am eager to begin straightening up Le Petit Jardin. That is what I intend to do during our "heat wave". Occasionally there is a squirt of sunlight to encourage me to get on with garden prepping. Here in Ohio we don't really get serious about planting until May. It could snow at any time and there is always the chance of a last frost up until Memorial day. Though I wrote two blog entri