Spring has arrived...

How do I know spring has arrived...it is the sump pump going off continually and the faux creek bed turns into a rushing river.  I was out building trenches last week to direct my river down the driveway instead of washing out the drive way.  That happened the year before we had a about a 1/2 ton of crush wash into the garden...what a mess!!!!  We had our annual spring storm which knock out the power for a few days so we played camping in the cottage.  FUN for a few hours, than reality sunk in, the sump!!!!  We pulled straws to who was checking the sump and putting on the generator every few hours in the middle of the night.

We are prepared for all act of nature during the seasons, from a blade for the ATV to a second well for water, one must be prepared for anything.  We even have add more than enough doors to the cottage just in case the toads attack, I am terrified of toads, irrational fear I know... before we put the sunroom on the cottage we had a lovely cement patio out from...the toads loved to sun bathe, well one day there must have been about 10 huge toads all flattened out basking in the sun.  I freaked out calling Bruce at work telling him I was trapped in the house because the toads have invaded the patio...after he calmed me down, he said why don't you go out the back door...Oh, we have a back door????  Yes, of course we have a back door...silly me.  Well I added a few more doors just in case...laughing. 

Well the snow has almost disappeared in the gardens I am looking out thinking I have one heck of a lot of clean up this year.  Hugh will becoming out soon to wander thru all the gardens with me to see what we have to prune, what needs dividing, and what has been damaged over winter.  Last fall I planted 350 new bulbs and I am anticipating a colorful spring...after brown season one needs color!!!!
Bruce and I sing this ditty....

People always ask me the time that gets me down? 
I tell them that it's brown season, it's the brown that gets me down
Every where I look...
Every place around...
it just brown, brown, brown...
I tell them that it's brown season...
Because everything is brown.


Grow, Harvest, Cook, Eat...and Happy Spring

Jenn