How do I know this? Well, I have been receiving seed catalogs in the mail and that means it's time to start planning the garden. When I see the snow covered garden beds as I gaze across the lawn towards the river, I visualize the cloves of garlic under a blanket of snow. I remember planting them in October on a cold and rainy day, just before the ground permanently froze. It's a first for me to try and grow garlic. I'm sure it won't be difficult, except for the fact that when the first green tender shoots come peeping through the ground, it will be a race with Bambi to see who will discover them first. I'm hoping it will be me.
I have engaged my grandson Danny to be a partner in my garden this year. It will be a good thing. He's already looking at the Gurney's catalog and soon we will be planting tiny seeds, if I can find a spot for them amongst the construction mess.
Here's a poem I memorized when I was in the memorization stage of my life...
"I heard a bird sing in the deep of December,
A beautiful thing
And sweet to remember
We're closer to spring
than we were in September
Sang a beautiful bird
in the deep of December."
That's probably not entirely correct, but it's close.
Don't forget as the Moon slips into the trees along the horizon today and disappears, it will rise again at 5:07 p.m. as the Blue Moon.... Happy New Year blessings to all my friends.
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